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Posted: 04 Apr 2021

Taken: 17 Apr 2017

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A normally dry basin in eastern Oregon, actually crossed by Oregon SR 31. The basin was a lake in 2017 because of the extraordinary water year. Looking south.

Janet Brien, Smiley Derleth, Berny, Andy Rodker have particularly liked this photo

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 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Had it ever been a lake before or was it a complete surprise?
3 years ago.
 slgwv
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It had never had water in it when I'd been this way before! It was a dry lake bed--i.e., a playa, in the usage of the SW US and (presumably) Mexico.
3 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
Nice composition and very interesting there was so much rain there in 2017. We have yet to explore the eastern part of Oregon but sure look forward to it!

You wondered about Detroit Lake. They DID get clobbered. But we left just as the fire there was starting to become serious. A week later and we just about fell over from the news of such devastation. We would spend the rest of our trip, until October, running from the smoke. Horrible.
3 years ago.

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