Winter Wheat in the Palouse

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Winter wheat in the Palouse.

Image: Joe Fuhrman, 2008 [larger view].

[The Palouse is a semi-arid "rain shadow" region in Eastern Washington State and portions of the Idaho panhandle, USA]

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