The High Desert of Central Oregon is home to many buttes.
Unfamiliar with this term?
butte
noun~Chiefly Western U.S.
A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding area and has sloping sides and a flat top.
Gray's Butte (the tallest one)
Hmmm...I don't really notice a flat top...
It is, nonetheless, a very important butte....
the tower we get our internet signal from is on the very top!
Black Butte
Doesn't have much of a flat top either...
but it does rise abruptly from the surrounding area
and have sloping sides.
Still confused? Maybe this will help...
a butte is smaller than a mesa.
There ya go.
23 comments:
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I must have a mesa...cause my butte seems to be growing...cool pics!
My daughter fondly calls Crested Butte, old crusty butt.
Sharon, I think I have a mesa, too!
Beautiful pix, Charmaine.
That butte is a beaut!
Nice photos inspiring such clever early-morning word play from your fans! ; )
Beautiful! I can feel my lungs fill up with so much fresh air that I think they might pop!
Much obliged for the information! I did not know this.
I want to hike up Black Butte. Haven't ever done it. Perhaps this is the year!
Wow..you live there? You lucky dog. It's gorgeous!
Where in the world did I get the idea that a butte was an unformed volcano? Was I ever fed the wrong information! I love all of our buttes - especially Horse Butte and Pilot Butte.
Well Black has a little bit flatter top but I have to agree with the first shot, not very flat. Off to look up the technical definition of mesa!
Gorgeous photos, Diva. Great composition and color. Thanks!
I am so glad that you share the beauty of your surroundings with us. Thank you!
great buttes!!
: )
This brings back the memory of a really cool t-shirt that a friend had brought me back from Butte Montana.
lol...hahaha! Why do I think that is so funny?! I thought I knew what a butte was...even what a mesa was. I'm wondering if those naming the MOUNTAINS surrounding you knew the difference?
Pretty whatever ya call them!
What a Grand Vista you have there. I would love to live in a place that presents so much visual drama on a daily basis. I don't think I would get tired of it. Not a bit...
Kate
And much, much bigger than a breadbox.
...tonight when you are gazing at the buttes, enjoy the full moon.
Butte? Sounds like a fancy way of sayin' butt. As in bum, arse, ass.
Nice butte ;)
Oh, I get buttes
Our view is of Kamiak Butte jutting above the
rolling hills of the Palouse.
Your Buttes are beautiful...
That's a French word too, meaning the same thing...how funny..:)
the first shot if so pretty with the curving road.
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