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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.
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| 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_207_EagleSummit _DodecatheonFrigidumRC |
 June23rd_203_EagleSummit _DodecatheonFrigidumRC |
 June23rd_211_EagleSummit _OxytropisScammanianaRC |
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_216_EagleSummit _SaxifragaNelsonianaRC |
 June23rd_213_EagleSummit _SalixReticulataRC |
 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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 June23rd_247Part_Eagle Summit_EritrichiumNanumRC |
 June23rd_246_EagleSummit _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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 June23rd_257_EagleSummit _PapaverMacouniiRC |
 June23rd_264_EagleSummit _CassiopeTetragonaRC |
 June23rd_265 _EagleSummitRC |
Here are two more shots of Dodecatheon frigidum - Shooting Star and then a shot of Pedicularis capitata.
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 June23rd_201Part2_EagleSummit _DodecatheonFrigidumRC |
 June23rd_266Part_EagleSummit _DodecatheonFrigidumRC |
 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_274_EagleSummit _SileneAcaulisRC |
 June23rd_278_279_280_281_282_ 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 |
 June23_45_SteeseHwy_ EagleSummit_RC |
 June23rd_288_EagleSummit _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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 June23rd_289_EagleSummit_ RhododendronLapponicumRC |
 June23_49Part_SteeseHwy_ EagleSummit_Lagotis_minorRC |
 June23_50_SteeseHwy_Eagle 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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 June23rd_297_ EagleSummitRC |
 June23_51_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit _Pedicularis_langsdorfiiRC |
 June23rd_313_EagleSummit_ 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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 June23_55Part_Steese Hwy_EagleSummit_ Dodecatheon_frigidumRC |
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 June23rd_316_ 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.
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 June23_56Part2_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_Dodecatheon_frigidumRC |
 June23rd_317_Eagle Summit_ArnicaLessingiiRC |
 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
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 June23_64_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_Silene_acaulisRC |
 June23_58Part_Steese Hwy_EagleSummit _Lagotis_minorRC |
 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.
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 June23rd_328_EagleSummit _TephroserisYukonensisRC |
 June23rd_329_EagleSummit _TephroserisYukonensisRC |
 June23_68_SteeseHwy_Eagle 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_332 _EagleSummitRC |
 June23rd_334_EagleSummit _AnemoneNarcissifloraRC |
 June23_76_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_Silene_acaulisRC |
Here is another shot of Silene acaulis - Moss Campion and then two more shots of Lagotis minor.
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 June23_78_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_Silene_acaulisRC |
 June23rd_342_EagleSummit _LagotisMinorRC |
 June23rd_341_EagleSummit _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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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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 June23rd_369 _EagleSummitRC |
 June23_81_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_Silene_acaulisRC |
 June23_82_SteeseHwy_Eagle 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_84_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_Silene_acaulisRC |
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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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 June23rd_376_EagleSummit _PotentillaRubricaulisRC |
 June23rd_377_EagleSummit _PotentillaRubricaulisRC |
 June23_89_SteeseHwy_Eagle 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.
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 June23rd_387_EagleSummit _DryasOctopetalaRC |
 June23rd_391_EagleSummit _MinuartiaMacrocarpaRC |
 June23rd_401_EagleSummit_ SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC |
Here are three more shots of the only Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis - Mountain Campion which we saw.
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 June23rd_402_EagleSummit_ SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC |
 June23rd_401Part_EagleSummit _SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC |
 June23rd_403_EagleSummit_ SileneUralensisSspUralensisRC |
Here is a shot of a yellow lichen and some other tiny flora and that is followed by two shots of Tephroseris lindstroemii.
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 June23_98_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_OrangeLichenRC |
 June23rd_411_EagleSummit _TephroserisLindstroemiiRC |
 June23_101_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit_ Tephroseris_lindstroemiiRC |
We were surprised to find that the Aconitum delphiniifolium was already in bloom here.
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 June23rd_408_EagleSummit _AconitumDelphiniifoliumRC |
 June23rd_410_EagleSummit _AconitumDelphiniifoliumRC |
 June23rd_417_EagleSummit _AconitumDelphiniifoliumRC |
Here are two shots of Tephroseris yukonensis and sandwiched in between them is another shot of Lagotis minor.
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 June23_107_SteeseHwy_EagleSummit _Tephroseris_yukonensisRC |
 June23_112_SteeseHwy_Eagle Summit_Lagotis_minorRC |
 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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 June23_114_115_SteeseHwy_ 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!
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 June23_121_122_Overlay_Steese Hwy_EagleSummit_SceneryRC |
 June23_122Adj_SteeseHwy _EagleSummit_SceneryRC |
| End Page 2, but June 23rd Still Continues from about 5:20 PM on Page 3 |
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