This photo shows a columnar basalt formation above Dalles Mountain Road about a mile in from Washington Highway 14. From this angle this formation resembles a mesa in the desert southwest. The predominant wildflower in the foreground is balsamroot, which grows along this road in profusion in mid-April.
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Photographs of the West by Doug Gorsline
Balsamroot Wildflowers and a Columnar Basalt Butte in the Columbia Hills, WA.
