The Ninja Librarian is in Oregon, watching the eclipse.
As a treat while you wait for our return, a few photos of the Eastern Oregon landscape, from earlier trips.
I tend to think of eastern Oregon as fairly flat--a rolling lava field much like eastern Washington (which is also not really that way--that's just what you see from I90). And it can be.
![Photo copyright Dave Dempsey, 2013](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMy8BtBlaU6XAGudWpXDUB9kF7m8dHoG_1NCIu1zgX_A94yTFsBHKDfgUJ3hyU9ayfKr8cHGtkjzQbWYWRiE6wEiqW2lGzTAmuBXespiyGGynJFPMR9yqcooNtdBPSjCHdBhG1Oiwm7EMh/s640/DSC02443.jpg) |
Oregon looking prairie-like aside from the volcanic artifact that is Fort Rock. |
But an awful lot of it is more like this. Still volcanic, but not so flat.
![Photo copyright Dave Dempsey, 2013](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgPbsc4FbbqtC4d4MkyX5uzo-BEgGaeEtlEZGuNNZ8p2OxH03phTM1pH7PsPQ_sUQuw-VEEeNBO0xEFB14_hm2zlMjLrkR36cEiu0k6uFDOdi3WXvZ2cwqbPlNtIABng32VClhp9j39tx/s640/DSC02386.jpg) |
US 395 near John Day, Oregon. |
Oregon can also look like this:
![Photo copyright Rebecca Douglass, 2013](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hrRb92ja50sBoBYyrhsaoz4H6XI6bx7GVpxJKsgqtWH5oqKoPhuDT1QknBcN_f12K__vc0npPMgwLmLEz1FcdaW4NtTHQeHVXsw8SGUALBp4FERTYAW8FmjdwK0OL6SUMyw29ny0Fm6O/s640/P1040569.jpg) |
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills |
Interesting contrasts between the eroding hills, the volcanic butte behind, and the irrigated valley between!
![Photo copyright Rebecca Douglass, 2013](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdKrVSf8HspnNbSgDgpb3KMCo8YnRHkR94rTAsQvcWdTaXcp5QCPZWe8WbAyW2r6_0fdRT17f61N3ZouCriU47vGDFyK3pwLTxbJ1HM6mqyUGPfdZJP-yd7I1MfiQgzar7UkBf92VsU-U/s640/P1040561.jpg) |
We'll be looking for places more like what's behind the Painted Hills, for the best view of the eclipse! |
And finally, Eastern Oregon can also look like this.
See you in a few days!
©Rebecca M. Douglass, 2017
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