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The Remains of an Ancient Volcano at Beacon Rock
Beacon Rock shoots 800 feet straight up out of the Columbia River. How did it get there?
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The Giant Ice Sheet That Shaped Seattle
Seattle’s geography resulted from an ice sheet that scoured the landscape 16,000 years ago.
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3,000 Years of Ice and Floods at Pateros
A town nestled between two rivers with formations that mystify geologists to this day.
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The Secret Summit of Mount Index
Index granite is famous for its texture, but Mount Index contains more mysterious rock.
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Ancient Lakes at Potholes Coulee
These canyons weren’t carved by rivers, and these lakes may not be so ancient after all.