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The wreck of Peter Iredale at Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria is such an exquisitely tangible slice of Oregon history in a place where, compared to most of the world, very little has happened that people remember or that there is any physical evidence of. I’ve been here around sunset several times, but this afternoon in late May 2023 was particularly photogenic, with strong golden light and shapely cloud formations. My husband and I were at Astoria column and so we had a view of what was coming so we made for Fort Stevens Beach when we noticed the rays shooting through the late afternoon clouds. The light began taking on that golden color and the shifting clouds were just lighting up beautifully when we arrived. I waited for this moment when the sun found a clearing to get the sparkle off the little pool at the base of the shipwreck and for the oddly-shaped shadows to become defined and dark.

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