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The image is a black and white photograph depicting an expansive rural landscape. In the foreground, there's a railway track that cuts through the middle of the frame from left to right, with sparse vegetation on both sides. The terrain appears dry and arid in certain areas, while other patches look slightly more cultivated or maintained.

In the midground, we see winding roads intersecting each other, leading towards distant hills and mountains under a clear sky. There's an open field that extends into the background where some buildings are visible at a distance on elevated ground. The overall atmosphere is one of desolation with no immediate signs of human activity or presence.

The landscape suggests a rural setting in Eastern Oregon as indicated by the accompanying text, which also specifies it to be Small Finger Valley along U.S. 30, Baker County, Oregon. A date stamp from 'D-8' on top left and reference code '6495b830ba25398d90c500d2.jpg' are visible in the image metadata.

This photograph appears to be part of a larger collection documenting agricultural practices or conditions, as hinted by another caption stating "Farmers have just sown their winter wheat."

The image is a black and white photograph depicting an expansive rural landscape. In the foreground, there's a railway track that cuts through the middle of the frame from left to right, with sparse vegetation on both sides. The terrain appears dry and arid in certain areas, while other patches look slightly more cultivated or maintained. In the midground, we see winding roads intersecting each other, leading towards distant hills and mountains under a clear sky. There's an open field that extends into the background where some buildings are visible at a distance on elevated ground. The overall atmosphere is one of desolation with no immediate signs of human activity or presence. The landscape suggests a rural setting in Eastern Oregon as indicated by the accompanying text, which also specifies it to be Small Finger Valley along U.S. 30, Baker County, Oregon. A date stamp from 'D-8' on top left and reference code '6495b830ba25398d90c500d2.jpg' are visible in the image metadata. This photograph appears to be part of a larger collection documenting agricultural practices or conditions, as hinted by another caption stating "Farmers have just sown their winter wheat."

Farmers have just sown their winter wheat. Eastern Oregon. Small Finger Valley on U.S. 30, Baker County, Oregon

#EasternOregon #FingerValley #BakerCounty #Oregon #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017773510/

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A medium sized shorebird, mottled brown in color with a long straight grayish bill that gets darker at the tip is standing in blue water in a grassy field. The bird has a distinctive white eye ring and is keeping one eye on the sky overhead. The sun is shining brightly.

A medium sized shorebird, mottled brown in color with a long straight grayish bill that gets darker at the tip is standing in blue water in a grassy field. The bird has a distinctive white eye ring and is keeping one eye on the sky overhead. The sun is shining brightly.

#BirdoftheDay #photography #birds #birding #nikon #EasternOregon

This willet (Tringa semipalmata) was #standinginwater and keeping one eye on the sky in a grassy field near Burns, Oregon.

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A photo of a lightly clouded night sky with stars over a artificially lit hill, with dry wild grasses and sagebrush in the foreground.
The sky shows some brilliant stars. The brightest is near the top of the hill at about the halfway point of the image, and it is the brightest star in the entire sky, Sirius - The Dog Star!
Above Sirius, and to the right a bit of center all the way to the top of the image is the brilliant constellation Orion. It's very red supergiant star Betelgeuse is at the upper left of the constellation.
The rest of the sky shows some very diffuse clouds blocking some of the stars. Where the clouds are not present, the stars are many and easy to see.
The hill below the stars has a yellow cast to it's color, and shows signs of layering to it's form, with some bands of lighter colored strata. The hill is composed of volcanic ashes and ancient lake deposits. Small dark shrubs can be seen peppering some of the sides of the hill.
Below the hill, and closer to the viewer, in about the bottom third of the image, is a dried out assortment of native wild grasses, and clumps of sagebrush throughout the foreground.

A photo of a lightly clouded night sky with stars over a artificially lit hill, with dry wild grasses and sagebrush in the foreground. The sky shows some brilliant stars. The brightest is near the top of the hill at about the halfway point of the image, and it is the brightest star in the entire sky, Sirius - The Dog Star! Above Sirius, and to the right a bit of center all the way to the top of the image is the brilliant constellation Orion. It's very red supergiant star Betelgeuse is at the upper left of the constellation. The rest of the sky shows some very diffuse clouds blocking some of the stars. Where the clouds are not present, the stars are many and easy to see. The hill below the stars has a yellow cast to it's color, and shows signs of layering to it's form, with some bands of lighter colored strata. The hill is composed of volcanic ashes and ancient lake deposits. Small dark shrubs can be seen peppering some of the sides of the hill. Below the hill, and closer to the viewer, in about the bottom third of the image, is a dried out assortment of native wild grasses, and clumps of sagebrush throughout the foreground.

Okay, one last bonus #Scape for the day!
This was from the lower left pocket of Oregon, near The Pillars or Rome. I stopped there after driving all night to capture the Pillars at dawn, but the night sky had me busy too!
Here's #Orion over an ashen hill.
#📷 #Stars #Astro #ECK #EasternOregon #Sirius

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A photo of a frozen waterfall which takes up most of the center, and side to side, of this image. This is not a tall waterfall, but it's fairly broad. The icy path of the small river makes it's way down a gentle slope that runs to the right, and the ice spills over a set of natural stone steps on that slope, then tumbles over the rocks face along the length of the slope as well. The ice takes many forms, from lumpy cauliflower shapes, to draped icicles, and smooth looking rounded bumps at the base.
In the background, the upstream direction is also frozen, and strongly reflects sunlight in brilliant white. 
The frozen falls is mainly shaded from the sun, and has a dull faint blue color. Among the icy falls there are a few places that the dark stone is visible, and this is where unfrozen water is still running over the rocks. 
The falls is framed by two outcrops of tall reddish brown columns of old basalt lava flow.
Below the frozen falls, the stream disappears under ice once more, which is bathed in sunlight.

A photo of a frozen waterfall which takes up most of the center, and side to side, of this image. This is not a tall waterfall, but it's fairly broad. The icy path of the small river makes it's way down a gentle slope that runs to the right, and the ice spills over a set of natural stone steps on that slope, then tumbles over the rocks face along the length of the slope as well. The ice takes many forms, from lumpy cauliflower shapes, to draped icicles, and smooth looking rounded bumps at the base. In the background, the upstream direction is also frozen, and strongly reflects sunlight in brilliant white. The frozen falls is mainly shaded from the sun, and has a dull faint blue color. Among the icy falls there are a few places that the dark stone is visible, and this is where unfrozen water is still running over the rocks. The falls is framed by two outcrops of tall reddish brown columns of old basalt lava flow. Below the frozen falls, the stream disappears under ice once more, which is bathed in sunlight.

A frozen surprise for #WaterfallWednesday!
This is Deep Creek Falls, and it's probably the only waterfall for a long way. This is along a stretch of old highway 140 in SE Oregon.
#📷 #Waterfall #scape #EasternOregon

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Among the spindly pine forest, there were standing and fallen grey trunks, but this one really stood out. So I made the easy hike off trail to have a close look. This was about 7,000 feet elevation in Newberry Caldera in #EasternOregon.

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The mama doe and two fawns were outside when I left campus, and this sunset greeted me when I got home 💗 #Oregon #EasternOregon

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I had stuff from my old game #VeilOfDust on that other site, but maybe I should have a reference to it here, lol. It's a #FarmSim with longer, more grown-up storytelling set in 1860's #EasternOregon as an end point to the #OregonTrail. The gameplay can be summed up as #FarmSim + #SurvivalGame

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My wild child Daisy, raised on the Paisley Desert HMA in Eastern Oregon #blmburro #donkey #easternoregon #Photography #westernphotographer

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Social media? No.
This? I can do ALL day

#easternoregon #dogsitting #notwriting #ishouldbeediting

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Equalizing the population sizes of 3 states by allowing #GreaterIdaho transfer of #EasternOregon & #EasternWashington to #Idaho also enables other useful changes.

Like getting genocidal slaver #GeorgeWashington off Pacific map to rename coastal WA #Seattle or #Antifa.

And/or province of Canada.

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Well the Texas accession treaty is clear enough, defying it gives #Texit a clear path to just secede. Maybe should happen anyway if it is so often at odds with DC.

Every county in #EasternOregon has voted to join #GreaterIdaho, so would every one in #EasternWashington if allowed. Try that first.

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#EasternOregon #photography #desert #cliffs

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The Nature Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie: Conservation or Cattle? Behind the fence at TNC’s flagship prairie—and what two decades of “sustainable grazing” have (and haven’t) delivered.

Paving the planet has increasingly dire consequences :( #oregon #easternoregon #zumwalt #wallowalake

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A tree with drooping branches and silvery green leaves leans over a nearly-obscured trail on a grassy slope.

A tree with drooping branches and silvery green leaves leans over a nearly-obscured trail on a grassy slope.

A section of grassy ground where the grass has been pulled away from part of it, leaving dry ground soil exposed.

A section of grassy ground where the grass has been pulled away from part of it, leaving dry ground soil exposed.

A long, winding section of trail on the grassy slope, with the silvery green trees further back from the trail and sunbeams peeking through from the left.

A long, winding section of trail on the grassy slope, with the silvery green trees further back from the trail and sunbeams peeking through from the left.

Helped with #TrailWork at #Pendleton Adventure #Trails on Saturday, last day of the #Oregon Outdoor Recreation Summit! A really nice endcap to both the summit and my 5+ week book tour. Home now, decompressing and reminiscing. #hiking #volunteering #HopePunk #nature #EasternOregon

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Beaver Moon rises over the prairie #moon #photography #easternoregon

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Image showing a gondola rising above Wallowa Lake.

Image showing a gondola rising above Wallowa Lake.

The U.S. Census Bureau provides data on workforce commute patterns with it's On-The-Map tool. Explore the newest commuter data for Eastern Oregon's counties by visiting our LMI Regional Info page.

www.qualityinfo.org/web/guest/ea...

#EasternOregon #commuting #data

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Eastern Oregon Film Fest #EasternOregon #EOFF #EOFF2025

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Hiking through the Blue Basin in Eastern Oregon (John Day National Monument), you'll see these otherworldly rock formations.

Hiking through the Blue Basin in Eastern Oregon (John Day National Monument), you'll see these otherworldly rock formations.

Blue#landscapes #outdoorphotography #pdxphotographer #beautifulEarth #oregon #bluebasin #easternoregon

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Enterprise, OR.
#EasternOregon

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#politics #political #oregon #oregon #easternoregon

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This picture shows a vibrant cluster of golden-yellow desert flowers standing out against a dark background. The blossoms are dense and spiky, radiating warmth and energy, while the sturdy green stem with narrow leaves supports the bright crown. The contrast emphasizes the resilience and beauty of desert flora.

This picture shows a vibrant cluster of golden-yellow desert flowers standing out against a dark background. The blossoms are dense and spiky, radiating warmth and energy, while the sturdy green stem with narrow leaves supports the bright crown. The contrast emphasizes the resilience and beauty of desert flora.

A desert flower in the afternoon sun.
📷
#closeup #plantphotography #flowerphotography #EastCoastKin #oregon #EasternOregon

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Oregon missed out on $48 million in rural school, community funds since act expired, report finds - Beaverton Valley Times Congress has failed for more than a year to reauthorize the 20-year-old Secure Rural Schools bill costing western states millions, Center for American Progress finds Oregon has lost out on more than $...

beavertonvalleytimes.com/2025/09/15/o... #easternoregon Hey Oregon #rural Ruraliee especially out east. Republicans are voting against your kids best interest. Still love them?

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Photograph of alpine landscape overlooking an expansive view of granite mountain scenery. A sparsely wooded ridge is in the foreground, behind which a deep mountain valley drops out of sight, with a ridge of summits beyond and still more distant ridges on the horizon. The sky is full of fairly subdued blue and orange sunset clouds, and a slight haze of wildfire smoke is perceptible. The highest mountain ridge has the faintest blush of reddish light from the last rays of sun.

Photograph of alpine landscape overlooking an expansive view of granite mountain scenery. A sparsely wooded ridge is in the foreground, behind which a deep mountain valley drops out of sight, with a ridge of summits beyond and still more distant ridges on the horizon. The sky is full of fairly subdued blue and orange sunset clouds, and a slight haze of wildfire smoke is perceptible. The highest mountain ridge has the faintest blush of reddish light from the last rays of sun.

Soft sunset, a little smoke in the mix
#landscapephotography #inlandnorthwest #easternoregon #wallowa

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@photos.bsky.art #nikond850 #angrysky #clouds #highdesert #easternoregon #exploreoregon #sunbeams #photography #landscape #landscapephotography

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A short bike ride just outside Baker City, Oregon around 2020. There was a farm that raised Bison/Buffalo. The fence was heavy duty. These things are like 1000 pound bulldogs...
#video #oregon #bison #buffalo #easternoregon

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Landscape photograph of alpine scene. Small bunches of yellow flowers dot a meadow of mostly bare rocky soil above treeline. Beyond the meadow, a higher ridgeline rises up, liberally adorned with snow patches. The sky is full of featureless cloud, but golden evening light is streaming in from the upper right, illuminating the ridge and imparting a warm cast to both the cloudy sky and the meadow.

Landscape photograph of alpine scene. Small bunches of yellow flowers dot a meadow of mostly bare rocky soil above treeline. Beyond the meadow, a higher ridgeline rises up, liberally adorned with snow patches. The sky is full of featureless cloud, but golden evening light is streaming in from the upper right, illuminating the ridge and imparting a warm cast to both the cloudy sky and the meadow.

Above treeline in Oregon, planning to head back that way in a couple days - it's about time!
#landscapephotography #easternoregon #inlandnorthwest #alpine #wildflowers

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Dawn photo of sunrise colored clouds. The tip two thirds of the image is vibrant sky, with clouds lit by the rising Sun in shades of pink, orange, and contrasting blues. The bright clouds are in bands radiating roughly diagonally from the lower left corner horizon. The Sun is coming up from behind a low bluff at the lower right side horizon, brightening the sky there.
Behind the bright lit clouds is an opaque background of fairly evenly colored bluish cloud deck.
The foreground at the bottom of the image is dimly lit high desert grass and sage fairly level plain, with a lighter gray colored dirt road at the very lower left. A low running bluff starts just left of lower center, and continues toward the right edge below the sunrise. In the still shaded bluff, dark recesses and horizontal banding is starting to show. Three short outcrops jut slightly above the ridgeline against the sky.

Dawn photo of sunrise colored clouds. The tip two thirds of the image is vibrant sky, with clouds lit by the rising Sun in shades of pink, orange, and contrasting blues. The bright clouds are in bands radiating roughly diagonally from the lower left corner horizon. The Sun is coming up from behind a low bluff at the lower right side horizon, brightening the sky there. Behind the bright lit clouds is an opaque background of fairly evenly colored bluish cloud deck. The foreground at the bottom of the image is dimly lit high desert grass and sage fairly level plain, with a lighter gray colored dirt road at the very lower left. A low running bluff starts just left of lower center, and continues toward the right edge below the sunrise. In the still shaded bluff, dark recesses and horizontal banding is starting to show. Three short outcrops jut slightly above the ridgeline against the sky.

The sunrise out of the SE toward nearby Nevada from #Oregon, near 'The Pillars of Rome'. One of those times when it's hard to pick a direction to point the #📷! #Stunday #EastCoastKin #WCK #nature #Sunrise #clouds #EasternOregon #RoadTrip #sky #sagebrush #scape #landscape #photography
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