ViewThe clouds made the photo worth taking.Beezley Hills Preserve, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9372Larry L. Jackson
Canyon WallMore columnar basalt layers.Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9376Larry L. Jackson
Columnar BasaltFormed by lava coming up through cracks in the earth's crust over millions of years, millions of years ago.Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#1567Larry L. Jackson
Columnar BasaltMoses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9379Larry L. Jackson
Mule DeerOdocoileus hemionus - at the edge of corn field.Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#1571Larry L. Jackson
Columnar BasaltLichens add nice color.Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9381Larry L. Jackson
ButteThe basalt has weathered and formed slopes of rubble.Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9382Larry L. Jackson
Snow BuckwheatEriogonum niveumMoses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9386Larry L. Jackson
Columnar BasaltMoses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9387Larry L. Jackson
SignHard to imagine the described formation of this feature.Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9389Larry L. Jackson
Dry FallsThe 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, 20232023-09-07#9390Larry L. Jackson
Lower Grand Coulee20 miles of canyon carved by the Missoula floods.Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9392Larry L. Jackson
Black PoplarsPopulus 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, 20232023-09-07#9396Larry L. Jackson
Pothole LakesBelow Potholes Reservoir.Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9398Larry L. Jackson
Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicaria - introduced species.Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9400Larry L. Jackson
Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicariaPotholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9401Larry L. Jackson
Yellow Bee PlantCleome luteaPotholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9402Larry L. Jackson
Yellow Bee PlantCleome luteaPotholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9403Larry L. Jackson
Soda LakeColumbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9406Larry L. Jackson
Soda LakeColumbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9409Larry L. Jackson
Soda LakeReflected clouds.Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9415Larry L. Jackson
Marsh Unit 1Maintained for migratory birds.Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9420Larry L. Jackson
Upper Goose LakeColumbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 20232023-09-07#9422Larry L. Jackson
5 ColumnsColumnar basalt columns moved here to mark the trailhead.South Trailhead, Lower Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 20232023-09-08#9428Larry L. Jackson
South TrailWe took a walk down the trail, but Fall conditions lack much color and wildlife.Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 20232023-09-08#9433Larry L. Jackson
American Common ReedPhragmites australis americanus - light coming through the seedheads was nice.South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 20232023-09-08#9435Larry L. Jackson
Hoary Tansy-asterMachaeranthera canescens - flowers weren't open early morning.South Trailhead, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 20232023-09-08#9437Larry L. Jackson
Big SagebrushArtemisia tridentata vaseyanaSouth Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 20232023-09-08#9439Larry L. Jackson
Purple LoosestrifeLythrum salicariaSouth Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 20232023-09-08#9441Larry L. Jackson
ViewSouth Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 20232023-09-08#9443Larry L. Jackson
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San Angelo, TX
