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Nick on the Rocks: How were the Potholes Coulee canyons created?
North of Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre are two massive lake-filled canyons, and geologists have chased clues about their origins for centuries.
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Nick on the Rocks: Volcanic mud blooms tulips in the Skagit Flats
The famous flower fields are connected to mudflows that spilled from Washington’s Glacier Peak less than 15,000 years ago. Could it erupt again?
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Nick on the Rocks: How an ancient glacier carved coastal Anacortes
About 15,000 years ago, Washington was covered by a massive sheet of ice. As it melted, it helped shape the state into the landscapes we know today.
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Mossback’s Northwest: The Columbia River’s elusive origins
The remarkable journey of the Columbia River starts at a modest lake in remote British Columbia.
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Mossback’s Northwest: The 1800s influencer obsessed with Tacoma
George Francis Train, self-dubbed ”The Psycho,” ignited media fervor by circling the globe in 67 days in an effort to make the city a household name.