Contrasts come naturally on The Palouse, that area of rolling farmland in Eastern Washington and parts of Idaho. Sunlight, storms, shadows — all contrast nicely with the overlapping fields of wheat, quinoa, oats, and canola which form contrasts of their own. You might think that 5,000 square miles of agricultural landscape would get monotonous, but not when you look for nature’s own contrasting elements.
Shadows formed by clouds overhead and the direction of the sunset creep slowly across The Palouse.
The newness of a wind farm on The Palouse contrasts with an aging, long-standing structure.
Shadows reach forth changing colors on green fields, but a new yellow field of canola forms a contrast all its own.
Backlighting from a puffy-clouded sky casts a dark shadow on the landscape in the foreground.
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