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posted: July 31st, 2019
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This page begins with the best photos taken during a 3-day driving adventure which Kazuya and I took on July 15, 16, and 17.  This page includes all of the best photos from July 15th, on the Richardson Highway from Fairbanks to Paxson and the best photos from July 16th through 9:51 AM.  Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin July 15th
  As the header says, on July 15, 16, and 17 Kazuya went out on a driving adventure. We drove from Fairbanks down to Paxson via the Richardson Highway, then from Paxson to Cantwell on the Denali Highway, and finally up the Parks Highway from Cantwell back to Fairbanks. The first photo in this row was taken just a short distance south of Delta Junction and shows the Alaska Range. The center shot was taken south of Fort Greely and is out of sequence for balance. The center shot shows Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) and the third shot shows Soapberry (Shepherdia canadensis).
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  As we didn't get out of Fairbanks until about 6:00 PM, by the time we got to this spot at 8:15 PM, the light was getting interesting as it shone on these mountains in the first and third shots. The center shot is another which shows Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).
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  In first and third positions are two more shots which show interesting colors and lighting at around 8:15 PM. The center shot is another of Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis).
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  Here are the final two shots of Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) and then a mountain shot, which was taken later on in the evening and shows the Alaska Range.
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  We stopped at 9:00 PM, after driving for three hours. These three shots were all taken from our camping spot and each shot is increasingly zoomed in. Note the dust blowing on the river banks. It was really windy.
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End July 15th, Begin July 16th
  Now it's morning on July 16th and we are continuing to drive south on the Richardson Highway. The first two shots show what is referred to as Rainbow Ridge. The third shot was taken after we turned west on the Denali Highway and it looks back towards the northeast and Summit Lake. We don't know the name of that glacier.
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  The first two shots in this row show that unknown glacier again. You can also see Summit Lake as well as the town of Summit Lake. The third shot shows an unknown mountain which was more towards the southeast.
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  All three shots in this row show Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium aka Epilobium angustifolium). The darker color is the common color of Fireweed, while the lighter colored ones are mutants.
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  Here is a cow moose and her calf and they were running across the tundra, though when we used binoculars to look around, we could see no threat. The second and third shots are scenic shots, with the third shot showing a beautiful patch of Fireweed.
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  Here are two scenic shots, the center shot being a 2-shot panorama, and then a shot of an Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) which has just dove into the water to grab a morsel to eat.
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  This first image is a cropped out portion of the previous photo. The second shot shows Kazuya as he walks back to the truck and the third shot shows me taking a photo of a distant scene.
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