Eastern Washington Part 1
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Dry Falls
The flow during the Missoula floods 13 to 15,000 years ago, flow was ten times greater than Niagara Falls.
Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Lower Grand Coulee
20 miles of canyon carved by the Missoula floods.
Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Black Poplars
Populus nigra - very nice park where we hoped to see some wildlife but it was the wrong time of the year.
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Pothole Lakes
Below Potholes Reservoir.
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria - introduced species.
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Yellow Bee Plant
Cleome lutea
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Yellow Bee Plant
Cleome lutea
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Soda Lake
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Soda Lake
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Soda Lake
Reflected clouds.
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Marsh Unit 1
Maintained for migratory birds.
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Upper Goose Lake
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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5 Columns
Columnar basalt columns moved here to mark the trailhead.
South Trailhead, Lower Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 2023
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South Trail
We took a walk down the trail, but Fall conditions lack much color and wildlife.
Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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American Common Reed
Phragmites australis americanus - light coming through the seedheads was nice.
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Hoary Tansy-aster
Machaeranthera canescens - flowers weren't open early morning.
South Trailhead, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata vaseyana
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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View
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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