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Downstream of Palouse Falls

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Downstream of Palouse Falls

Standing on the bluff to the right, for the geologist Harlen Bretz in the ‘20’s the accumulated evidence and observation finally flooded together (heh, pun intended) into a grand realization that all this below him and throughout eastern Washington can only be the result of a massive, cataclysmic flood. For forty years he was dismissed as a crank for his theory by the scientific community. Proving once again, science is NOT a democracy…only one guy has to be right. I grew up on a cow farm about thirty miles from this spot. Sere, barren country. Colder than a well digger’s ass in the winter and only a mile from the sun in the summer. Harsh country.

Camera
Mamiya RB-67
Lens
127mm
Film
Ilford Pan F
Format
6x7
Subject
Landscape
Posted from
Kirkland WA

Comments (2)

Ken_Mullinix Ken Mullinix 5d ago
Beautiful photo. I've often wondered how these canyons can be carved by the little trickle of water at the bottom. A cataclysmic flood does make more sense. Nature on a geological scale and timeframe is fascinating.
PA PahaPlager photographer 5d ago
About 100 miles from this spot, at Dry Falls, 10 times more water flowed than ALL the rivers on Earth for 8 days 13,000 years ago. Joe Bob sez check it out.
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