Known for its panoramic beauty, the Palouse area in eastern Washington is a geographical and agricultural anomaly created during the Ice Ages over the last 2 million years.
The Palouse region is characterized by gently rolling hills covered with more than 100 feet of fertile soils. The hills were formed over tens of thousands of years from wind blown dust and silt, called "loess", which was derived from upwind sediment deposits left by the many Glacial Lake Missoula outburst floods during the Ice Ages.
The Palouse is covered with wheat, canola, and lentil fields. Steptoe Butte can be seen in the distance.
