I took this photo from Steptoe Butte, which overlooks the Palouse region north of Pullman, Wash. It is wheat harvesting time now in Washington, and farmers are feverishly working in all directions harvesting the valuable crop.

Southeast Washington extending into northwest Idaho is home to the region known as the Palouse. Rolling hills that extend for miles in all directions host some of the nation’s most productive farmland. Farmers grow wheat and lentils, and the region hosts the annual and world-famous National Lentil Fest. (Click on the photo to see a larger picture on a separate picture page.)