23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
Yellow Dusk: The Sandpiper and the Pacific

Walking down to Santa Monica Beach is a New Year's Day ritual. After sunset the tide was wonderfully low, and this sweet sandpiper roamed peacefully in the yellow light of dusk.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: SANTA MONICA, California, United States of America
Copyright: © Diana Clevenger-Stephens