Stumps of trees create a leading line in the Ghost Forest in Neskowin, Oregon.

Though nobody knows the origins of the ghost forest, it is theorized that sometime within the last 2,000 years a cataclysmic earthquake caused this chuck of forest to drop to sea level. Then preserved by sand and mud, they are around today rather than naturally eroding.

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From Oregon Coast