Here the Green Irrigated Valley Floors Are Surrounded By Hills Of Baked Dry Brown.
“This is Oregon now. The road winds through a landscape that reminds me of northern Rajasthan, in India, where it’s not quite desert, much piñon, junipers and grass, but not agricultural either, except where a draw or valley provides a little extra water. .. Those crazy Rubàiyat Quatrains keep rumbling through my head.“
Fourteen mi West of Ox Bow Dam which is on the Idaho-Oregon Border. The first panorama view is West and shows on the distant hills the Narator's “not quite desert“. As you scroll to the right, you see contrasting green grass in the flat valley. This shows the results of irrigation and the Narrator's “ where a .... valley provides a little extra water.” Continued scrolling will reveal: 1) By the road, two square concrete irrigation pipe "access boxes", and 2) a small brook, going South through the deep grass, that carries off excess irrigation water. The two next panoramas will show what this part of Oregon looks like without irrigation!!
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Upload Date	:	Thu 25 Aug 2005 01:41:25 PM EDT
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