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This page continues with June 23rd and our "solstice" outing to Eagle Summit to watch the Midnight Sun not set! This page goes from about 2:50 PM until about 5:20 PM. WOW, 75 photos and only 2.5 hours of hiking. The diversity was so very amazing.  Click on any thumbnail to begin.

June 23rd Continues from Page 1 (at about 2:50 PM)
  I guess it's a good thing that I said "...Shooting Star, a flower which we really love. That means that you should expect to see even more shots of it!" on the previous page, eh? Here are two more of them. The third shot is an Oxytropis scammaniana.
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June23rd_211_EagleSummit_OxytropisScammanianaRC
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  In first position in this row is a shot of Saxifraga nelsoniana, in second position is a shot of Salix reticulata and in third position is a shot of Pedicularis oederi.
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June23rd_213_EagleSummit_SalixReticulataRC
June23rd_213_EagleSummit
_SalixReticulataRC
June23rd_223_EagleSummit_PedicularisOederiRC
June23rd_223_EagleSummit
_PedicularisOederiRC

  Here is another shot of Parrya nudicaulis and once again, the true pinkish color of the flower has eluded our digital camera. In second and third positions are shots of Eritrichium nanum - Forget-me-not.
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_ParryaNudicaulisRC
June23rd_247Part_EagleSummit_EritrichiumNanumRC
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Summit_EritrichiumNanumRC
June23rd_246_EagleSummit_EritrichiumNanumRC
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_EritrichiumNanumRC

  In first position here is another shot of Papaver macounii. In second position is a shot of Cassiope tetragona. The third shot shows me and a pretty good size pile of snow beside the highway!
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_PapaverMacouniiRC
June23rd_264_EagleSummit_CassiopeTetragonaRC
June23rd_264_EagleSummit
_CassiopeTetragonaRC
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_EagleSummitRC

  Here are two more shots of Dodecatheon frigidum - Shooting Star and then a shot of Pedicularis capitata.
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_DodecatheonFrigidumRC
June23rd_266Part_EagleSummit_DodecatheonFrigidumRC
June23rd_266Part_EagleSummit
_DodecatheonFrigidumRC
June23rd_284_EagleSummit_PedicularisCapitataRC
June23rd_284_EagleSummit
_PedicularisCapitataRC

  Now here is something weird! We saw these clumps of "pink mossy looking stuff" from time to time as we were driving along and talked about it. We decided that it could not be moss or that if it was a moss then the flowers must be coming from a plant which was growing with the moss. Well, it is Silene acaulis, known as moss campion or cushion pink. It is a small mountain-dwelling wildflower that is common all over the high arctic and tundra in the higher mountains of Eurasia and North America. It is an evergreen perennial. It is also called the compass plant, since the flowers appear first on the south side of the cushion. So, it's NOT a moss, it just looks like one! The third image is a five-shot panorama. Eagle Summit is the farthest mountain to the left.
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June23rd_273_EagleSummit
_SileneAcaulisRC
June23rd_274_EagleSummit_SileneAcaulisRC
June23rd_274_EagleSummit
_SileneAcaulisRC
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AutoPano_EagleSummitRC

  Here is another shot of Silene acaulis - Moss Campion and then a sign telling us that this is the Eagle Summit Wayside. There is a nice restroom here and a decent size parking lot, but no water source, no picnic tables or other amenities. The third shot is a tiny Rhododendron lapponicum.
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June23rd_286_EagleSummit
_SileneAcaulisRC
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EagleSummit_RC
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_RhododendronLapponicumRC

  In first position in this row is another shot of the tiny Rhododendron lapponicum and then an image of Lagotis minor, cropped from a larger photo. The third shot shows Kazuya bent down and taking photos of flowers.
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RhododendronLapponicumRC
June23_49Part_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Lagotis_minorRC
June23_49Part_SteeseHwy_
EagleSummit_Lagotis_minorRC
June23_50_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_KazuyaRC
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Summit_KazuyaRC

  The first shot in this row shows the actual Eagle Summit near the center of the photo. The second shot shows a shot of Pedicularis langsdorfii and the third shot is a specimen of Rhododendron tomentosum.
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EagleSummitRC
June23_51_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Pedicularis_langsdorfiiRC
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_Pedicularis_langsdorfiiRC
June23rd_313_EagleSummit_RhododendronTomentosumRC
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RhododendronTomentosumRC

  Here are two more images of Dodecatheon frigidum - Shooting Star, both cropped from larger photos. The third shot is an Arnica lessingii.
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Hwy_EagleSummit_
Dodecatheon_frigidumRC
June23_56Part_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Dodecatheon_frigidumRC
June23_56Part_Steese
Hwy_EagleSummit_
Dodecatheon_frigidumRC
June23rd_316_EagleSummit_ArnicaLessingiiRC
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EagleSummit_
ArnicaLessingiiRC

  Here is a really tightly cropped image of Dodecatheon frigidum - Shooting Star. The second shot is another of Arnica lessingii and the third shot is a Tephroseris lindstroemii.
June23_56Part2_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Dodecatheon_frigidumRC
June23_56Part2_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_Dodecatheon_frigidumRC
June23rd_317_EagleSummit_ArnicaLessingiiRC
June23rd_317_Eagle
Summit_ArnicaLessingiiRC
June23rd_321_EagleSummit_TephroserisLindstroemiiRC
June23rd_321_EagleSummit
_TephroserisLindstroemiiRC

  Here is a tightly shot image of Silene acaulis - Moss Campion and then a portion of a shot of Lagotis minor. The third shot is another of Tephroseris lindstroemii
June23_64_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Silene_acaulisRC
June23_64_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_Silene_acaulisRC
June23_58Part_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Lagotis_minorRC
June23_58Part_Steese
Hwy_EagleSummit
_Lagotis_minorRC
June23rd_321Part_EagleSummit_TephroserisLindstroemiiRC
June23rd_321Part_Eagle
Summit_TephroserisLindstroemiiRC

  The first two shots in this row show another species of Tephroseris, but this one is Tephroseris yukonensis. The third shot again shows an example of Silene acaulis - Moss campion.
June23rd_328_EagleSummit_TephroserisYukonensisRC
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_TephroserisYukonensisRC
June23rd_329_EagleSummit_TephroserisYukonensisRC
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_TephroserisYukonensisRC
June23_68_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Silene_acaulisRC
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Summit_Silene_acaulisRC

  In first position in this row is a plant/flower which we could not identify. The second shot is an Anemone narcissiflora and the third shot is another of Silene acaulis - the moss campion.
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June23rd_334_EagleSummit_AnemoneNarcissifloraRC
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_AnemoneNarcissifloraRC
June23_76_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Silene_acaulisRC
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Summit_Silene_acaulisRC

  Here is another shot of Silene acaulis - Moss Campion and then two more shots of Lagotis minor.
June23_78_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Silene_acaulisRC
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Summit_Silene_acaulisRC
June23rd_342_EagleSummit_LagotisMinorRC
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_LagotisMinorRC
June23rd_341_EagleSummit_LagotisMinorRC
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_LagotisMinorRC

  Here are three shots of Lagopus muta - the Rock Ptarmigan. Can you find BOTH of them in the third shot? They're quite well camouflaged!
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_EagleSummitRC

  Here is another shot in which there are TWO Lagopus muta - the Rock Ptarmigan. That is followed by two shots of Silene acaulis - Moss Campion. This particular patch has only one open flower! Cute, eh!
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_EagleSummitRC
June23_81_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Silene_acaulisRC
June23_81_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_Silene_acaulisRC
June23_82_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Silene_acaulisRC
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Summit_Silene_acaulisRC

  Here are two more shots of Silene acaulis - Moss Campion and then a shot of me at the summit of this particular unnamed mountain.
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June23_83_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_Silene_acaulisRC
June23_84_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Silene_acaulisRC
June23_84_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_Silene_acaulisRC
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_EagleSummitRC

  This specimen of Potentilla rubricaulis was growing right there in those rocks shown in the previous photo. The third shot is another of Pedicularis capitata.
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_PotentillaRubricaulisRC
June23rd_377_EagleSummit_PotentillaRubricaulisRC
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_PotentillaRubricaulisRC
June23_89_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Pedicularis_capitataRC
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Summit_Pedicularis_capitataRC

  Now that we have reached the summit of this unnamed mountain we are headed back to the Eagle Summit Wayside parking lot, where we will cook our supper, hike up to the top of Eagle Summit and watch the sun not set. The first shot in this row shows the abundance of Dryas octopetala here. The second shot is another of Minuartia macrocarpa and the third shot is Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis - Mountain Campion, a plant which we only saw a single specimen of.
June23rd_387_EagleSummit_DryasOctopetalaRC
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_DryasOctopetalaRC
June23rd_391_EagleSummit_MinuartiaMacrocarpaRC
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_MinuartiaMacrocarpaRC
June23rd_401_EagleSummit_SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC
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SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC

  Here are three more shots of the only Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis - Mountain Campion which we saw.
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SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC
June23rd_401Part_EagleSummit_SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC
June23rd_401Part_EagleSummit
_SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC
June23rd_403_EagleSummit_SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC
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SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC

  Here is a shot of a yellow lichen and some other tiny flora and that is followed by two shots of Tephroseris lindstroemii.
June23_98_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_OrangeLichenRC
June23_98_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_OrangeLichenRC
June23rd_411_EagleSummit_TephroserisLindstroemiiRC
June23rd_411_EagleSummit
_TephroserisLindstroemiiRC
June23_101_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Tephroseris_lindstroemiiRC
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Tephroseris_lindstroemiiRC

  We were surprised to find that the Aconitum delphiniifolium was already in bloom here.
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_AconitumDelphiniifoliumRC
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_AconitumDelphiniifoliumRC

  Here are two shots of Tephroseris yukonensis and sandwiched in between them is another shot of Lagotis minor.
June23_107_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Tephroseris_yukonensisRC
June23_107_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit
_Tephroseris_yukonensisRC
June23_112_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Lagotis_minorRC
June23_112_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_Lagotis_minorRC
June23_108_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_Tephroseris_yukonensisRC
June23_108_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit
_Tephroseris_yukonensisRC

  Here are two shots of another plant/flower which we could not identify and then a broad shot of the Eagle Summit Area. The outlined area shows the area included in the next photo.
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_EagleSummitRC
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_EagleSummitRC
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EagleSummit_EagleSummitRC

  Here is a shot of the Eagle Summit Area. You can see the parking lot - our rig is the center one - and you can also see the restroom. Note the trails to the top of Eagle Summit. The second shot shows the scene from the mountain we were at the top of back in Row 18, the third photo. The outlined area shows what is included in the next photo. The third shot shows the outlined area of the previous photo. The time now is only about 5:20 PM and it's not going to get dark tonight!
June23_115_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_EagleSummitRC
June23_115_SteeseHwy_Eagle
Summit_EagleSummitRC
June23_121_122_Overlay_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_SceneryRC
June23_121_122_Overlay_Steese
Hwy_EagleSummit_SceneryRC
June23_122Adj_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_SceneryRC
June23_122Adj_SteeseHwy
_EagleSummit_SceneryRC

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