A granite jetty or, more-properly, groyne, reaches into the Gulf of Mexico from the Galveston Island, Texas, beach.
The shoreline of Harvey Lake on the campus of the University of Texas at Tyler.
The rugged shoreline of Point Mendocino and Goat Island jut into the Pacific Ocean at Mendocino, California.
The mountainous shoreline of Alaska’s Stephens Passage, near Juneau, on a hazy summer day.