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Related: About this forumWildflowers on a Country Road in the Palouse Region of Washington
The yellow in the distance is canola; the green is wheat.
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CaliforniaPeggy
(152,301 posts)chia
(2,393 posts)masmdu
(2,577 posts)badhair77
(4,645 posts)The flowers and the fertile valley of greens. So much we cannot take for granted.
Chicagogrl1
(475 posts)crickets
(26,148 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)They were created by the destruction of a major ice damn more than 20,000 years ago. The mammoth reservoir behind the dam may have been the largest fresh water lake on earth, and it came crashing down creating two big lakes in N Idaho and as it slowed somewhat created the waves of the Palouse in E Washington which is also the home of Father's Day.
Deuxcents
(19,950 posts)Bo Zarts
(25,643 posts)I have been asked what formed the rolling hills of the Palouse. Now I can answer!
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Ridiculed initially Bretz coined the term Channeled Scalabands which was argued for 40 years and then adopted.
It has been calculated that the floods created a flow rate of 10 times the flow of all current rivers combined
Originally Braetz called them "the Spokane Floods" they are now generally called "The Missoula Floods" and sometimes called the Braetz floods.
Wikipedia has a great article under "Missoula Floods".
Traildogbob
(10,067 posts)Why is this not in the competition for spring photos. This is a winner.
irisblue
(34,369 posts)lucca18
(1,321 posts)Beautiful ❤️
AllaN01Bear
(23,193 posts)Hekate
(95,042 posts)3catwoman3
(25,574 posts)The wildflowers look like theyve been painted by Monet.
relayerbob
(7,055 posts)Beautiful countryside, clean and peaceful
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Magnificent
niyad
(120,398 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,855 posts)The simple, quiet beauty of the fields, flowers, trees and dirt road, under a marbled sky. The colors are vibrant and soft and take you to a peaceful living place. Thank you for sharing your work.
MadLinguist
(844 posts)Such a great wildflower, Bachelor's Button is. Thanks for sharing this photo. It's truly uplifting
yonder
(10,005 posts)Visiting our kids at the U of I in Moscow was always a treat, especially when taking county roads.
yardwork
(64,622 posts)Do you happen to know which wildflowers they are? I'm on the east coast and don't recognize them.
Really spectacular photo.
gopiscrap
(24,203 posts)I spent 4 years and two summers at WSU and ran around all over the Palouse. Also was a worship leader at a couple of tiny Lutheran Churches in the area
Qutzupalotl
(15,159 posts)Great shot, Bo!
mommymarine2003
(296 posts)My husband and I are WSU graduates, and our 3 kids were all born in Pullman. The Palouse is a unique and beautiful area.
wryter2000
(47,551 posts)Fabulous picture
druidity33
(6,574 posts)2naSalit
(93,098 posts)I recall there was quite a bit of that out there.
druidity33
(6,574 posts)chicory (or cornflower, if you like its common name) is a waste-ground plant. Lupine likes rich soil in fields. It's a delightful nitrogen fixer that's actually kinda hard to grow in shitty soil.
2naSalit
(93,098 posts)Right now we have penstamon around here but I don't recall seeing it at that elevation. I was thinking chicory too but I wasn't sure I saw that around there but it's quite possible as chicory grows in a lot of places in Idaho.
Botany
(72,592 posts)I would guess it is corn flower.
Botany
(72,592 posts)n/t
FrankTC
(222 posts)It pulls you in, toward the rolling rhythm of the hills and clouds. Lovely. Peaceful and lively at the same time.
greblach
(274 posts)There is a reason why it is commonly referred to as "God's country"...
RussellCattle
(1,767 posts)....Spokane yesterday and the sky looked just like your photo. Love the Palouse. Came here in 1975 to go to school in Moscow, ID and never left.
chwaliszewski
(1,528 posts)Oh, and she's a VanCoug!