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Mudcracks on playa, Oregon

Mudcracks on playa surface –Lake Abert, Oregon. Surface is encrusted with evaporite minerals (140621-15)
Download ImageRed paleosol beneath basalt flow, Oregon.

Red paleosol beneath basalt flow, Oregon. (140621-132)
Download ImageSalt deposits on playa, Oregon

Salt deposits on playa, Lake Abert, a pluvial lake in Oregon. (140621-105)
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Salt deposits on playa, Lake Abert, a pluvial lake in Oregon. (140621-110)
Download ImageMudcracked alkali deposits on evaporating lake, Oregon

Mudcracked alkali deposits, Lake Abert, a pluvial lake, Oregon. (140620-102)
Download ImageResistant dacite plug, Oregon (square)

Erosionally resistant dacite plug and North Umpqua River, western Cascades, Oregon. (140620-51)
Download ImageResistant dacite plug, Oregon (vertical)

Erosionally resistant dacite plug, western Cascades, Oregon. (140620-44)
Download ImageErosionally resistant dacite plug, Oregon

Erosionally resistant dacite plug and North Umpqua River, western Cascades, Oregon(140620-49)
Download ImageGrass-covered wetlands, OR-CA. (vertical)

Grass-covered wetlands, Goose Lake, Oregon-California. (140620-150)
Download ImagePillow basalt near Roseburg, Oregon

Pillow basalt of Siletzia Terrane near Roseburg, Oregon (140620-11)
Download ImageGrass-covered wetlands, OR-CA.

Grass-covered wetlands, Goose Lake, Oregon-California. (140620-133)
Download Imagemeander bend and point bar

Aerial view of meander bend and point bar–opposite a cut bank, southern Oregon. (140617-9)
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