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  • Motor Tour to Mars: Mars Features in Eastern Washington
    
    • Motor Tour to Mars Site Map
      
    • (1) Overview and Geological History
      • History detail
    • (2) Spokane to Davenport: Basalt, Buttes and Channeled Scablands
      • Columbia Plateau Basalt (and pillow basalt)
    • (2a) Spokane to Davenport, pg. 2 Basalt, Buttes & Channeled Scablands & Giant Floods
      • Channeled Scablands
    • (3)Davenport to Odessa: Channels, Pillows and Giant Ripples
    • (4) Odessa to Pinto Ridge: Gravel Bars & Buttes Along Crab Creek
    • (5) Pinto Ridge to Coulee City: Pinto Ridge, Lower Grand Coulee & Banks Lake
    • (6) Coulee City to Grand Coulee: Lower Grand Coulee, Talus Slopes & Steamboat Rock
    • (6a) Coulee City to Grand Coulee: Lower Grand Coulee, Talus Slopes & Steamboat Rock (continued)
    • (7) Grand Coulee Dam: Grand Coulee Dam & Roosevelt Lake
      • More about Grand Coulee Dam
    • (8) Grand Coulee Dam to Dry Falls: Crown Point Vista, Haystack Rocks & Lakebeds
    • (8a) Grand Coulee Dam to Dry Falls: Crown Point Vista, Haystack Rocks & Lakebeds (continued)
    • (9) Dry Falls & Lenore Caves Sheer Drops, Sculpted Islands and Cliff Caves
    • (9a) Dry Falls & Lenore Caves, pg.2 Lakes & Lakebeds
            Comparison to Ares Vallis Flood Plain
      • See Floods below
    • (10) Soap Lake: Flood Plains on Earth and Mars
      Comparison to Ares Vallis Flood Plain
      • See Mars Pathfinder below
    • (10a) Soap Lake, pg.2 (continued) Flood Plains on Earth and Mars
    • (11) Soap Lake to Moses Lake: Sand Dunes
      • Sand Dunes & Martian Winds: Types of Sand Dunes
    • (12) Moses Lake To Ritzville: Loess-Covered Basalt Islands
      • See Loess below
    • (13) Ritzville to Spokane: Fault Lines & Earthquakes
      • Earthquakes
    • (14) Ritzville to Palouse Falls: Ice Age Plunge Pool & Palouse Falls
            (this segue may be a trip for another day)

    Read More About It:

    • Dust Devils: Stirring Up Dust & Dust Devils on Mars
    • Earthquakes: See also the Kid's Tour to Mars for more on Earthquakes
    • Floods: Evidence of Great Floods
      • Loess
      • Lakes
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      • Glacial Lake Missoula
      • See also the Kid's Tour to Mars for more on Floodplains
    • Volcanoes (page 1) (page 2)
      • Volcanoes Types
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      • Mt. St. Helens: page 1, page 2, page 3
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