Sometimes you're going to simply feel lazy and take pictures from above on the wooden walkway down to the beach (Haystack Closest Access -). Other times, you're going to find whole new ways to shoot it than up close.

First shot: Haystack Rock from a distance, seen from several miles south.

Second shot: Haystack Rock and its Needles at night. Below that: more unusual shots of the area and a video of Haystack Rock that was taken from the Tolovana area to the south.

Another unusual aspect here: find the button that shows you random articles and features of Haystack Rock.

Massive and definitely threatening thunderhead appears in the east: within a half hour it yielded lightning.

Southern end of Cannon Beach: a surreal set of virga and a moody opening in dark clouds behind a small sea stack.

Dramatic storm clouds (and more virga) loom around and above Tillamook Rock Lighthouse