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Autumn in the Palouse

Topic Categories: Image of the Day • Nature • Photography
Posted on: October 25, 2008 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

tags: Autumn in the Palouse, landscape, nature, photography, Image of the Day

Autumn in the Palouse.

[Eastern Washington State, USA]

Image: Joe Fuhrman, 2008 [larger view].

The Palouse is where I grew up.

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My family has lived in the Palouse since the 1880's. Big family, I have 15 aunts and uncles. Cousins uncountable.

Posted by: littleboy | October 25, 2008 4:49 PM

That looks like major small grain farming from the photo. Is that the case? Have any other photos of the crops in the area?

Posted by: RM | October 25, 2008 6:42 PM

That sure is different than NYC! It looks like you've lived at both population extremes.

Posted by: Heather | October 25, 2008 7:46 PM

there is a lot of wheat (especially winter wheat) farming in the Palouse, but there also is a fair amount of cattle ranching. other crops grown in the area include wine grapes, a lot of other fruits, especially those world-famous washington apples, but also pear, peaches, nectarines and cherries as well as raspberries and blackberries.

Posted by: "GrrlScientist" | October 25, 2008 9:04 PM

wow, that is a great landscape
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Posted by: eric | October 25, 2008 9:12 PM

It looks like it needs ironing.

Posted by: Bob O'H | October 26, 2008 1:50 AM

Certainly a very dramatic landscape. Not sure I'd want to live there for any length of time though - it's a bit bare looking, I need more trees and greenness.

Still, better than some places I have lived - Manchester in particular, my few months there sucked the soul out of me like a Dementor (or maybe I was just going through a bad patch).

Posted by: Horwood Beer-Master | October 26, 2008 6:37 AM

That is a gorgeous scene. One of my very favorite areas in the country is just a little ways away in Sandpoint, Idaho. There is something so soothing and calming to me about a landscape like this. It gives me a sense of freedom.

Posted by: John Del Rio | October 26, 2008 10:12 PM

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