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  • The cityscape lights the night sky as a boat decorated for the holidays passes by on Lake Union on Dec. 21, 2022. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
    Embracing the 'big dark'
  • The Olympics rise in the background as orcas swim north in Puget Sound, seen from West Seattle. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Olympic view
  • The vessel Alexandra KPN, a bulk carrier, sails past the Olympic Mountains in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Strait of Juan de Fuca
  • Robson Bight Ecological Reserve,  Johnstone Straight off of northern Vancouver Island. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, 2018)
    OrcaLab Sanctuary
  • Indianola’s historical dock draws those who want to swim, fish, paddle or just gaze upon Puget Sound earlier this month. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Indianola historical dock
  • A diver takes a giant step with eyes locked on the horizon to keep from smacking his face into the helmet as he hits the water. (Betty Udesen / The Seattle Times, 2008)
    Vintage diving
  • The lighthouse beams after the sun set over the horizon at Discovery Park. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
    West Point Lighthouse
  • With the sun out and a break from the rain, sailboats venture out into Shilshole Bay on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
    Sunny day
  • A cormorant dries its wings on a buoy in Lake Washington near Seward Park.  Mt. Rainier can be seen in the background. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Cormorant
  • A ferry cruises through Puget Sound on Wednesday. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle TImes)
    Rays of sunshine
  • Swinomish Indian Tribal Community fishing crew. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times).
    Catch of the day
  • Sailboats are tightly packed at the outset of the North/North Regatta on Lake Washington. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times, 2021)
    Huskies and Northwest rivals
  • Black clouds of a spring squall boil over Shilshole Bay as a sailboat clears the breakwater. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1970)
    Sailing Shilshole
  • Seattle skyline on the ferry back from Bremerton. (Amanda Snyder /The Seattle Times)
    Metropolitan horizon
  • Motorists may have felt slightly out to sea while driving across the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. Winds up to 40 miles an hour churned Lake Washington and sent waves crashing over the rail-of the bridge. (Richard Heyza / The Seattle Times, 1963)
    Natural Fury
  • A lone rower takes in the early morning light and the Seattle skyline on Lake Union. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Skyline Rower
  • A kayaker takes in a smokey morning sunrise on Lake Washington off Magnuson Park. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Smokey sunrise
  • (Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times)
    Orca whale breaching
  • The only place to be during a 2021 historic heatwave was, perhaps, on the water where a solid breeze made sailing Shilshole Bay a joy. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
    Marine clouds blow in
  • The mountain is out! Mount Rainier looms in the distance as seen from a boat near the West Point Lighthouse in Seattle. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    West Point Lighthouse
  • A low-flying skein of geese changes direction as Lake Union Crew competes in the men's 4+ event during the Tail of the Lake Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011, near Gas Works Park in Seattle.  (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Tail of the Lake Regatta
  • Boats of all sizes gather on Lake Union, including the sailboat and a paddle boarder. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Chilling on the water
  • A kayaker watches the sun set at Lowman Beach Park in Seattle. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Lowman Beach
  • Looking across the Puget Sound to the first snowfall to blanket the upper reaches of the Olympics.  Bainbridge Island and Point Monroe are in the forground. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Olympic snow
  • Swimmers jump off the diving board at Madison Park Beach on Lake Washington in Seattle. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Moonlit dive
  • A windsurfer goes airborne in the wind off Marina Beach Park in Edmonds. In the first big storm of the fall, wind gusts were forecast to reach 45-50 mph in Western Washington. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times, 2020)
    Winded
  • Mount Rainier looms in the background as a pontoon boat drags some children on Lake Washington. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Summer view Mount Rainier
  • A tugboat pushes a barge on Elliott Bay as the Space Needle and Mt. Baker loom in the background. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Seattle Mt. Baker skyline
  • A boat cruises Puget Sound as the last light of day illuminates the Olympic Mountains. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
    Last light
  • Under sunny skies, ferries come and go from the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal in West Seattle. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Clear sailing
  • It was a picture perfect start for the final race of the HomeStreet Bank Cup. From left, Andrew Tate in U-1 Delta/Real Trac, Jimmy Shane in Miss HomeStreet, Jamie Nilsen driving U-11 J&D’s presented by Reliable Diamond Tool, and far right J. Michael Kelly driving U-12. Graham Trucking (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Hydro competition
  • Blue Angels jets fly low over Lake Washington on Sunday. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Seafair weekend
  • The view over Puget Sound from an inbound airline flight. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
    Plane sunset
  • A remarkable cloud formation creates a tunnel by which to view the Olympic Mountain range in this view from Smith Tower (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
    Puget Sound sunset
  • Smoky haze envelopes the Bremerton ferry Walla Walla, left. The boat was arriving in Seattle as the ferry Wenatchee, right, departed for Bainbridge Island. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2018)
    Smokey Seattle
  • Wearing a wet suit, a swimmer surprises a flock of Canada geese in Lake Washington south of I-90 during her daily swim.  The water temperature according to the lake buoy was 63-degrees. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Geese get a scare
  • A diver at Seattle's Madrona Park on Lake Washington plunges from the realm of air into the world of water below. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Bold dive
  • Two sailboats race for the finish line. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Downtown Sailing Series
  • A cloud formation creates a tunnel by which to view the Olympic Mountain range in this view from Smith Tower. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
    Remarkable cloud formation
  • In the early easterly morning light, rowers navigate Westbound from Union Bay into the Montlake Cut.<br />
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Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times
    Early Morning Row
  • Steelheaders drift along the Snoqualmie River waiting for a bite on a cold, wet, rainyafternoon in the Snoqualmie River under the Northeast Tolt Hill Road Bridge in Carnation. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Angling for success
  • A transient orca breaches while feeding off of Stuart Island as whale watchers from Canada get their money's worth. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Bearing Witness - Orca Breaching
  • A rainbow appears over downtown Seattle as sun breaks through the gray enveloping the city. (Tom Reese / The Seattle Times, 2004)
    Somewhere under the rainbow
  • The ferry Hyak and the Space Needle seen from Harbor Island. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    View from Harbor Island
  • A dusting of snow on a Pine Lake dock and canoe. Frosty morning on the Samamish Plateau. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Frosty Sammamish morning
  • With a fresh coating of snow, almost the entire Olympic Mountain Range is on display behind The Washington State Ferry Tacoma and the West Seattle Sightseer, a passenger-only ferry heading to downtown Seattle.<br />
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Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times
    Puget Sound crossing
  • Nearing the end of their historic 170-mile journey, Quileute and Hoh Indians paddle their canoes across Elliott Bay toward Alki, with a final destination of Golden Gardens. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times, 1989)
    Paddle to Seattle
  • The KISW Miss Rock went air-borne when its driver, Ken Dryden, lost control after the boat’s rudder cable broke loose in the south turn during qualifying races on Lake Washington. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1993)
    This Rock is rollin'
  • A boat heads west along the ship canal just west of the Fremont Bridge. The Aurora Bridge looms in the distance. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Fall colors
  • Mount Rainier offers a last glimpse before coming rains, as a passenger reads in his car on a ferry run from Vashon Island to West Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Before the clouds move in
  • A Washington State Ferry makes its way into nearly fifty shades of grey towards Bainbridge Island and Kitsap County. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Elliott Bay weather
  • The battleship Missouri is escorted by a convoy of pleasure craft as it is towed around Bainbridge Island on its way to Hawaii. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 1998)
    Warship sails for Pearl Harbor
  • A passerby watched a cluster of sailboats racing on Lake Washington off Madrona Park. A brisk breeze created a mild chop on the  lake. New leaves clothed the willow trees and Mount Rainier was in the background. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1964)
    Sailing past Seattle's symbol
  • Storm-cloud formations hover over a Washington State Ferry in Elliott Bay in this view from West Seattle. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
    Ferry cloudy
  • Rowers coast across Lake Union with a soft white backround of fog enveloping downtown Seattle on a beautiful fall morning. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Rowing on Lake Union
  • A Washington State Ferry cruises past the Olympic Mountains peak "The Brothers," as chilly temperatures in the 30s contrast with warm light in Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    The brothers and the boat
  • The Issaquah ferry, coming from the Fauntleroy dock in West Seattle (left),  heads towards Vashon Island  while the Sealth ferry heads from Southworth to Fauntleroy. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
    Heading to Vashon
  • Rower on Lake Union early in the morning.  Rowers from various rowing clubs take advantage of early morning calm water to exercise and enjoy the scenery. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Early morning row
  • The Dakota Creek shipyard, right next to downtown, is an example of the balance Anacortes seeks between business and beauty. Mount Baker is in the background. (Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times)
    Anacortes shipyard
  • The Olympic mountains reflect red sunrise light as Edmonds Kingston ferries pass each other early in the morning. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Red sunrise
  • Rookie driver Andrew Tate in the Les Schwab/Sound Propeller takes off and goes high in the air on the final lap, winning the race. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times, 2016)
    Rookie Andrew Tate's hydroplane victory
  • Haze in the atmosphere over Puget Sound created a colorful sunset over the Olympic Mountains and the ferries running between Edmonds and Kingston. (Harley Soltes / The Seattle Times)
    Edmonds Kingston Ferry
  • A Laser skipper hikes to starboard to keep his boat balanced during a race on Lake Washington. (Josef Scaylea / The Seattle Times, 1981)
    Small sails catch the wind on the lake
  • Eight-foot Optis are towed in Portage Bay before heading out into Lake Washington on the final day of Learn-to-Race Camp, sponsored by the Seattle Yacht Club. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Students go sailing on Lake Washington
  • Kayaks and canoes for rent on the beach in front of the Lake Crescent Lodge in Olympic National Park. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Kayaks and canoes
  • A canoe with an excellent dog's-eye-view paddles toward the Arboretum in Seattle, oppressively hot dog days of summer eventually gave way to seasonably perfect temperatures. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Doggy row the boat ashore
  • Washington's tall ship The Lady Washington sails through Lake Union in front of Seattle's skyline.  (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2010)
    The Lady Washington
  • Tall Ships form up to parade in Elliott Bay.  At right center is the Lady Washington, directly behind to the left is the Hawaiian Chieftian, at far right in the distance is the tallest Tall Ship the Europa. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2002)
    Tall Ship parade
  • The Russian three-masted tall ship Pallada is docked at the cruise ship dock at Bell St. pier in Seattle. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2011)
    Tall sails
  • The Tall Ship Europa, left, the largest of the Tall Ships in the parade, follows other ships in a sailpast in Elliott Bay, August 15, 2002. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Tall Ship Europa
  • A man does a handstand as he participates in the 14th annual Polar Bear Plunge at Matthews Beach Park in Seattle on New Year’s Day, 2016.  (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
    Polar Plunge
  • Kids perform off the diving board at Madrona Park on Lake Washington with a large mountain as their audience. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Lake Washington in summer
  • Dog days of summer have wagged their way into the Seattle area. This pooch hitches a ride on a paddle board with its owner on Beaver Lake on the Sammamish Plateau. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Summer time and the living is easy
  • A paddleboarder makes her way across a sparkling Green Lake as the sun begins to set behind the lake. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Paddling on sparkles
  • A crew member aboard the "Morning Dew" is silhoutted in the sun during an afternoon cruise on Lake Union. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Lake Union silhouette
  • Our ferries have been delivering us to and from work since we got here. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Across water and time
  • Canoes can be rented on Lake Crescent in the Olympic National Park. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Lake Crescent canoes
  • The Wenatchee River boils through the Tumwater Canyon west of Leavenworth. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times)
    Kayakers' playground
  • A lone rower passes under the Montlake Bridge. The Cascade Mountains loom in the distance. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
    Montlake morning
  • The Northern Irish entry, Derry~Londonderry~Doire, celebrating its third successive Clipper Race win, arrives in Seattle after crossing the finish line 120 miles off the Washington coast. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times, 2016)
    Yacht’s winning colors
  • Kayaking on Ross Lake between the shadows of an unidentified peak at left and Pumpkin Mountain at right. In the saddle between is the Big Beaver Creek trail in the North Cascades National Park.<br />
Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times
    Kayaking on Ross Lake
  • Kayakers paddle in the teal-blue waters of Lake Crescent, in Olympic National Park. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
    Crescent kayakers
  • The Washington State Parks and the Center for Wooden Boats will manage the new Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island. The park retains the heritage of the Cama Beach family fishing resort, which opened in the 1930s. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Oars on Camano island's Cama Beach S..Park
  • Fog drifted along Seattle’s waterfronts and waterways before the sun broke through for a spring-like day.  Two paddlers head down the Montlake Cut below the Montlake Bridge. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
    Paddling in the Montlake Cut
  • Mount Baker Junior Crew’s novice girls row a workout piece on Lake Washington during evening practice in Seattle. (John Lok / The Seattle Times)
    Mount Baker Junior Crew catches sun,..rabs
  • Senior aquarist Chris Van Damme waits in the waters at the top of the Window on Washington Waters tank before a dive with an octopus. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
    Octopus Week in Seattle
  • An orca breaches in Elliott Bay with Magnolia in the background, as viewed from Alki Beach in West Seattle. <br />
<br />
Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times
    Orca Show
  • Two Orca whales swim past a ferry in Elliott Bay.<br />
<br />
Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times
    Swimming with Ferries
  • An orca whale swims by another flipping its tail in the air, in Elliott Bay, as viewed from Alki, Thurs in West Seattle. <br />
<br />
Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times
    Orca Tail
  • A fisherman cruises on Puget Sound near Whidbey Island during a moody, misty morning. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
    Solitude on the water
  • The GooseBumps Sailboat Races take place on Seattle’s Lake Union the last three Sundays in January and the first three in February. In the background is the Ship Canal Bridge. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times)
    Getting GooseBumps on Lake Union
  • Kayakers can see honeycombed rock formations along the way. (The Seattle Times)
    Chuckanut Bay is a kayaker’s dream
  • The 520 West Connection Bridge. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times, 2014)
    The 520 West Connection Bridge
  • A sailboat heads northward into the wind.  (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Sailboat heads into the wind
  • A 1930s wood lapstrake dinghy, named “Fred,” rests on the beach near Little Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    1930s lapstrake dinghy
  • West Seattle beachcombers take advantage of a noon-time low tide to explore the tide pools near Duwamish Head.  (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    West Seattle beachcombers
  • A line of historic longliner fishing vessels, led by the 1913 Vansee at right, heads east in the Lake Washington Ship Canal on the way to the South end of Lake Union. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
    Center for Wooden Boats parade
  • An orca pokes its head out of Elliott Bay briefly as seen from West Seattle. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
    Orca whale show in Elliott Bay
  • Driver Dave Villwock pilots the Spirit of Qatar hydroplane for a test run on Lake Washington. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2011)
    Spirit of Qatar Hydroplane
  • U-7 Valken, left, trails U-1 Oh Boy! in the Oberto Unlimited Hydroplane Final presented on Lake Washington during Seafair. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times, 2011)
    Seafair Hydroplane Races
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