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Sunlight Piercing Through Stormy Waves

A large ocean wave breaks over dark, jagged rocks under a dramatic, stormy sky with a single shaft of sunlight illuminating the sea spray.

An Ericeira reef break under storm light, a wave breaking over black rock, the offshore wind holding up its lip, a shaft of sun through the cloud lighting the spray, the break running unridden, 200mm telephoto See more

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A massive, dark basalt monolith rises from a stormy sea on a rugged coastline, with low clouds clinging to its summit and golden sunlight illuminating the wet rock face.
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A dark, stormy sky hangs over a turbulent North Sea with white-capped waves crashing against a jagged, rocky coastline.
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Sunlight streams through a break in dark, stormy clouds, creating bright silver beams that illuminate the surface of the sea below, viewed from a rocky cliffside.
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The tiered sandstone rock formations of Senjojiki at Shirahama are illuminated by low golden sunlight against a backdrop of dark, stormy clouds and crashing ocean waves.
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A rugged granite headland at Pointe du Raz extends into a turbulent sea during a storm, with waves crashing against the rocks and a distant lighthouse visible under a dark, dramatic sky illuminated by late afternoon sunlight.
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