Panorama View of Valley and Mountains Surrounding Missoula Montana.
"All traces of the East are gone now, at least in my imagination. All the rain here comes from Pacific winds and all the rivers and streams here return it to the Pacific. We should be at the ocean in two or three days."
Center of wide valley on West side Missoula, MT. The Panorama opens with a view of the valley floor and the majestic mountains to the Southwest. The semi-arid nature of this area is seen in the grass and vegetation. If you see greener than this it is because of irrigation or you are at higher elevation in the mountains. As you scroll you will see the busy main highway leading West. Continued scrolling, perpendicular to the highway, shows the local hills to the North. More scrolling shows the highway into Missoula and the Mountains to the East. The mountain pass seen in the previous panorama is just to the left of the highway direction and the "Mon the mountainside" is just to the right of the highway. As you continue scrolling you will come to a largest electric power pole (with transformer). At this point you are looking South where both the River and the ZMM Route (Rt 56) head Southwest to the base of the mountains at right of the power pole. The Narrator is correct that the rivers and streams flow to the Pacific Ocean from here since thy crossed the Continental Divide earlier in the day.
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Upload Date	:	Wed 28 Dec 2005 04:51:59 PM EST
Capture Date	:	Wed 28 Dec 2005 04:51:53 PM EST
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