Formed by Megafloods, This Place Fooled Scientists for Decades

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[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.

[Zathras]

I’ve been down stream of it on the Columbia and you can see it was cut with a huge amount of water.

[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.

[angry elephant]

I’m in western Washington, but when I am over there I really enjoy the 20-mile drive from Dry Falls down to Soap Lake with all the small lakes along the way. Very scenic.

[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

[rjsimmon]

I have a copy of “In the Beginning” by Dr. Brown. Well researched and a very good read.

[Mr. Douglas]

Sun lakes and soap lake. I really love that area. Another great stop on a hot summer drive is here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.7531193,-119.2186808,239m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

The maps view does not do it justice. The cool part is in the shade.

[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/

[drjimmy]

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.

Looks like you didn't read to the end of the article (or even notice the plural use in the title). Turns out Harley Bretz didn't have things exactly right. Later researchers determined that it wasn't a single megaflood, but 80 or more such floods happening "repeatedly over a two- to three-thousand-year span ending roughly 13,000 years ago" that created this landscape. Doesn't quite fit with the Noah story.

[BlueLancer]

Bump to read later ...

[Covenantor]

Thanks for that great link, well worth watching.