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posted: March 31st, 2021 |
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This page begins with March 22nd at 8:33 AM and goes through 11:22 AM and includes 38 of the best photos taken during those nearly three hours. You'll see Moose (Alces alces), scenery and Caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Hopefully, you'll find something on this page which amazes you. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin March 22nd |
We left the house at 7:00 AM to drive up the Steese Highway, hoping beyond hope that we might get to see some Caribou today, and here is the first animal which we saw - a Moose (Alces alces). The second shot was taken at the Davidson Ditch Wayside and shows snow and mountain scenery. The third shot here shows what it looked like at the Twelvemile Summit Wayside. That sign points to the Pinnell Mountain Trail.
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All three shots in this row were taken at the Twelvemile Summit Wayside and show snowy scenery.
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These two shots show water overflow on top of the ice down in the valley of Twelvemile Creek. This happens when something creates a dam in the creek, possibly an ice jam, and the creek backs up for some miles like this. It is a dangerous situation for anybody/anything which may want to cross this area.
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These three shots were all taken from the same place, but looking very different directions. In the first 2-shot panoramic image, if you study it closely you'll see a gray rectangle and a gray oval. Inside both of those gray outlines are herds of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus). The shadow of the person is me. That bloated thing to the left of my shadow is a "gut-pile". Up to the right is a red spot, that is also a spot where somebody bled out their Caribou. The center shot was taken while looking more or less in the opposite direction, as is the third image - another 2-shot panorama.
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These three shots all show zoomed-in photos of the Caribou herd which is inside of the gray oval in the first shot in Row 4.
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Here are three additional photos which were zoomed-in to the Caribou herd shown inside of the gray oval in the first image in Row 4.
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The first shot in this row shows a line of Caribou - the herd which is inside the gray rectangle in the first shot in Row 4. The second and third shots are once again, the herd inside of the gray oval in that image.
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Now both herds are more or less deciding to come together and it appears that they are going to go out of sight over the ridge.
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The first shot here shows me, and behind me - from one edge of the photo all the way to the opposite edge is a line of Caribou. Can you easily find it? The second and third photos indicate that maybe the herd is not going to disappear behind the ridge.
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In these three photos something is happening - can you deduce what it is? In the first photo the herd is moving along, seemingly without a care in the world. But, then in the second photo you can easily find a Caribou hunter. The hunter shoots and in the third photo, the herd is in a panic and scrambling back the way it came from.
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In the first and second photos the herd is still in a panic and running back the way it came from. In the third shot you can easily see the hunter and his rifle.
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In the first shot here, it appears that the Caribou have decided the hunter is a poor shot and they're going to just ignore him and continue the way they were going before he shot. The second photo shows me in my most firm photo-taking position. The third shot shows a long line of Caribou still coming more or less this direction.
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Now we are headed back towards our pickup, which is down there on the road. These photos show that much of the snow is blown away in this spot, and then the second and third photos show the surface of the snow - it was packed hard, we did not break through at all.
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