The flowers and the fertile valley of greens. So much we cannot take for granted.

I have been asked what formed the rolling hills of the Palouse. Now I can answer!

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".

Why is this not in the competition for spring photos. This is a winner.

Beautiful ❤️

The wildflowers look like they’ve been painted by Monet.

Beautiful countryside, clean and peaceful

Magnificent

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.

Such a great wildflower, Bachelor's Button is. Thanks for sharing this photo. It's truly uplifting

Visiting our kids at the U of I in Moscow was always a treat, especially when taking county roads.

Do you happen to know which wildflowers they are? I'm on the east coast and don't recognize them.

Really spectacular photo.

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

Great shot, Bo!

My husband and I are WSU graduates, and our 3 kids were all born in Pullman. The Palouse is a unique and beautiful area.

Fabulous picture

I recall there was quite a bit of that out there.

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.

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.

I would guess it is corn flower.

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There is a reason why it is commonly referred to as "God's country"...

....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.