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posted: July 31st, 2016 |
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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 5:20 PM until about midnight. Then we continue on this page with June 24th at 12:14 AM and continue until we are well on our way back home on the 24th. Then we pick up again with a mere two photos in Row 22 from June 26th while we were at Chena Hot Springs. In Row 23 are three photos of an amazing tart which Kazuya made and then we end this page with a July 7th hike on the Boreal Forest Trail at Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| June 23rd Continues from Page 2 (at about 5:20 PM) |
Now we are on our way back towards our rig and the "Eagle Summit Wayside". In the first image, which shows me, it is off to the right of this photo. In the second photo, in which you see Kazuya, Eagle Summit is just to the right of center. The third photo, looking back towards the summit we climbed, shows a great number of Dryas octopetala flowers.
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The first photo here again shows Silene acaulis - Moss Campion. The second and third shots show more examples of Eritrichium nanum - Forget-me-not.
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The first and third photos in this row again show Eritrichium nanum - Forget-me-not and the center shot shows the highway sign indentifying Eagle Summit as having an elevation of 3,685 feet (1,123 meters).
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The first and third shots in this row again show Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia and the center photo once again shows a specimen of Lagotis minor
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Here is another shot of Lagotis minor and then a collage showing two photos of Dodecatheon frigidum - Shooting Star. The third shot is an example of Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida.
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Now we have arrived back at our pickup-truck, cooked and eaten our supper and we are climbing the actual "Eagle Summit" as seen in the center photo in Row 1 on this page. Our iPhones have the capability to take a 270° panorama. This one does not cover a full 270°. It was shot at 7:34 PM. The second shot shows Porcupine Dome as seen from part way to the summit of Eagle Summit. The third shot shows a Pedicularis lanata flower.
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In first position in this row is another panorama, but it's a two-shot panorama of shots taken with Kazuya's regular camera. The 2nd shot is a full 270° iPhone panorama taken right from the very top of Eagle Summit at 7:47 PM. The third shot is another 270° panorama taken from the top of Eagle Summit at 7:48 PM.
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Here are three more shots which were taken from the top of Eagle Summit. We were on top of that middle distance mountain earlier this afternoon. The second shot again shows Porcupine Dome, but this shot is from the top of Eagle Summit. The third shot shows a specimen of Kalmia procumbens.
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Here is another shot of Kalmia procumbens. The second shot again shows the mountain which we were on top of earlier. The outlined area shows what is included in the next photo. The third shot shows what is outlined in the previous shot. That summit near the center is where I was standing in the third shot in Row 8 on the previous page.
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Now it's getting later! The first shot in this row was taken at 9:43 PM, the second one at 11:27 PM and the third one at 11:28 PM. Note the length of Kazuya's shadow! WOW! And that ends June 23rd, 2016 at Eagle Summit Wayside.
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| End June 23rd, Begin June 24th |
Well, now we are watching the sun not set! The first photo in this row was shot at 12:14 AM, the second shot at 1:02 AM and the third shot at 1:36 AM.
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Still watching the sun not set, but we did fall asleep for a while, so we cannot say for sure that it did not set. Read on though - the image in Row 14 explains more thoroughly. The first shot here was taken at 3:04 AM. The second image is an iPhone panorama and was shot at 3:07 AM. The third image was created in Photoshop with a good deal of pain to show the sun at 12:14 AM, 1:01 AM, 1:36 AM and 3:04 AM. If you ever try to do something like this in Photoshop, let me tell you, it's a royal pain in the arse!
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Here is an iPhone panorama which was shot at 3:11 AM. This one is quite interesting because you can see both the sun and the moon in it and you can also see my shadow and just to my left, the shadow of our pickup truck. The second shot shows the moon at 3:11 AM. The third shot shows Eagle Summit itself as shot at 3:12 AM.
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Okay, now it's nearly 9:00 AM and we have eaten breakfast and are actually preparing to leave. The first shot in this row is a scenery shot. The second shot shows a sign which is at the Eagle Summit Wayside that explains why/how you can see the sun all night here even though we are below the Arctic Circle. The third image shows the essential text from the sign, as the shot of the sign is fairly blurry and hard to read.
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As we were driving away this marmot scurried across the road in front of us and Kazuya was able to get one shot of it which came out pretty good. This is Marmota caligata, the Hoary Marmot. The second image is a two-shot panorama taken just as we were leaving and the third shot just shows the Steese Highway up near Eagle Summit. Note the poles up and over the highway, apparently to help road maintenance crews locate the highway when they open it in the spring.
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Here are two shots of Lupine (Lupinus arcticus ssp. arcticus) and then a shot of Dasiphora fruticosa.
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In this row are shots of Rubus arcticus, the arctic raspberry, then a shot of a Delphinium glaucum and finally, another shot of Dasiphora fruticosa.
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Here are two shots of the Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), obviously not a true grass, and then a scenery shot along the Steese Highway.
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In this row are two shots of Valeriana capitata and then a shot of Pyrola grandiflora.
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In this row in first position is a shot of an unknown flower and then two shots of Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum).
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Finally, here are the last three shots from this amazing adventure - three scenery shots along the Steese Highway, the first two taken in an old forest fire area.
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| End June 24th, Begin June 26th |
On June 26th we went out to Chena Hot Springs for the day. For the first hour or so we just hiked around the area and we found this virtual "forest" of Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) in bloom. After we returned to the Hot Spring buildings we looked around and explored them all and then we went into the Hot Springs. I had not been to Chena Hot Springs in probably 27 or 28 years and it was really nice to see how much they have improved it - it's now a wonderful experience. It could still be better, but it's not at all the "dive" that it used to be.
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| End June 26th, Begin July 2nd |
On July 2nd we had company for dinner and Kazuya made this beautiful and delicious tart for our dessert. The first shot shows the entire tart, the second shot shows one piece and the third shot shows the Nectarines, Raspberries and locally harvested red currants that were used on top! WOW!
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| End July 2nd, Begin July 7th |
On July 24th we spent the afternoon hiking around the Boreal Forest Trail at the Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. The first image in this row is composed of three exposure-bracketed Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) photos which were tone-mapped to create this image. The center shot shows an albino Fireweed and the third shot shows a nice reflection in the large pond.
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In this row is one shot of a nice bunch of Rose-hips and then two shots of a beaver which was feeding in one of the ponds along the boardwalk in midday.
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Here is a shot of me on the boardwalk, an Iris plant (Iris setosa) in bloom and then the blue of the Vicia cracca.
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Here are the final three photos from this outing. The first shot shows an unknown yellow flower, the second shot again shows the blue of the Vicia cracca, along with a bunch of the yellow flower behind it and the third shot shows the barn which is beside the Visitor Center. This was an actual dairy until about 1967. If you're interested you can Google it and get more information than you'll probably want!
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