[BenLurkin]

During the last ice age, 18,000 to 13,000 years ago, the landscape of eastern Washington was repeatedly scoured by massive floods.
They carved canyons, cut waterfalls, and sculpted a terrain of braided waterways today known as the channeled scablands.

ROSEMARY WARDLEY, NG STAFF
SOURCES: USGS; ATLAS OF OREGON

[BenLurkin]

See also:

“Discover the Ice Age Floods”
http://hugefloods.com/

Nice pics

[Zathras]

Fascinating!
I have another item to add to my bucket list.

[doorgunner69]

About time NGS got back to what they are supposed to be about.

[Mr. Douglas]

I was born in that neighborhood. Dry Falls is a very interesting landmark in the middle of, basically, nowhere. And when you go west of there on highway 2 you can see rocks the size of houses just laying there in the middle of flat farmland. It’s really a cool area.

[detsaoT]

NatGeo of course wouldn't ever consider the two likely sources for such a "massive flood" - that of Noah's fame, or that of the Exodus.

For those who are interested, these are both great reads on subjects atheists tend to misinterpret:

[ckilmer]

Good read.

Must get out to that part of the country sometime.

[JimSEA]

The scablands are incredible to see and travel through. A good documentary YouTube video can be found here.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

97% of the scientist’s opposed him?

[katana]

Excellent article. And refreshingly lacking even a single use of the phrase “Climate Change”. The author will probably hear about that oversight and violation of compulsory requirements when he’s called into a session of Nat Geo’s Star Chamber.

[NewJerseyJoe]

P4L

[abigkahuna]

Randall Carlson specifically spoke of this area the other night. There was no ice lake. Find Randall on Joe Roagan podcasts, or you can find links to him speaking on various podcasts at http://sacredgeometryinternational.com

[dainbramaged]

Been through there several times, the scenery is beautiful and the fishing at Jameson Lake and others can be real good, like the eight pound trout I saw brought in. Nice resort, campground and restaurant. Nothing fancy.
http://jamesonlake.com/

[BlueLancer]

Bump to read later ...

[G Larry]

This is a great article!

I grew up in the Tri-Cities at the top of the bend of the Columbia just before it turns West.

[Adder]

Thanks for the post.

It was fascinating.

When NatGeo isn’t moralizing about stuff they shouldn’t they have some really good articles.

[Axenolith]

The hills where I lived in Moscow, Idaho were current ripples from this.

[Bull Snipe]

At the southern end of the flood scablands is the Wallula gap. It is a 2 kilometer opening in the solid basalt walls that the Columbia River flows today. When the Missoula flood hit the Wallula gap, the volume of flood was so great that it started to back up an form a lake in the lower scablands. At peak flow it is estimated the volume of water flowing through the Wallua gap to be 10 million cubic meters per second.