Photo of the Day 81

Twilight on Vancouver Island, Canada, 2003

Photograph by Joel Sartore

On Vancouver Island a soaked beach reflects a contemplative evening ride. At 12,079 square miles (31,285 square kilometers), Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America's Pacific Coast. Separated from mainland Canada by several straits, the island is actually the peak of a sunken mountain range.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pacific Suite," February 2003, National Geographic magazine)