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posted: July 31st, 2020 |
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This page begins with July 4th at 2:05 AM on Eagle Summit - sunrise time. Then the next several rows show our botanical finds as we climbed Mastodon Dome from the Eagle Summit Wayside. In Rows 9 through 17 we begin our vacation trip on July 15th - from Fairbanks to Mile 11 on the Denali Highway. Then beginning in Row 18 and continuing through Row 23, we travel to Thompson Pass on July 16th. There is a 1975 versus 2020 comparison shot of Worthington Glacier. In the final two rows we were shooting flower photos while hiking at Thompson Pass near Valdez. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin July 4th |
Now it's July 4th. The first shot in this row was taken at 2:05 AM while the second and third shots were taken at 3:56 AM.
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Now we are climbing up to the summit of Eagle Summit and then we are going to keep going to Mastodon Dome (Map in Row #8). The first two shots in this row are of Northern Larkspur (Delphinium brachycentrum), while the third shot shows a patch of Snow Arnica (Arnica frigida) with the sun shining through them.
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The first shot in this row shows a fine example of Little Weaselsnout (Lagotis minor). The second photo is a Dwarf Arctic Ragwort (Packera cymbalaria) and the third photo shows more of the Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana).
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The first photo here shows Kazuya hiking across the tundra on the way to Mastodon Dome. The mountain to the right of center is Eagle Summit. The center shot shows a plant which we seldom find - the Apetalous Catchfly (Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis). The final shot shows a rain squall in the distance - please stay in the distance.
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Arriving at the summit of Mastodon Dome was kind of anticlimactic - no new flowers there and we could not even find the survey marker which is supposedly there. Now we are on our way back to the Eagle Summit Wayside in mid-afternoon. We looked ahead and noticed this small hill covered with Pink Plumes (Plumosa bistorta), so we took some increasingly zoomed photos of it as we also moved closer - very interesting.
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In first and second positions are the final shots from July 4th - Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) and Daniel shooting a clump of them. In third position is a shot from July 5th at the Underwear Turnout which shows Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Note that this is a multi-headed species of Cottongrass.
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In first and third positions in this row are Arctic Harebell (Campanula uniflora) and in center position is another shot of Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) taken as we walked away from it.
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Here is a final shot of Arctic Harebell (Campanula uniflora) and then a map which shows our Mastodon Dome climb of yesterday. Notice the gold mines on both sides of the ridge which we hiked along.
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| End July 4th, Begin July 15th |
Now it's July 15th and it is the first day of our vacation. We'll be covering a fair amount of area during the next 6 days and 5 nights, we hope you'll enjoy the trip with us. In this row are three photos of Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) taken about 30 miles or so south of Delta Junction.
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The first shot in this row shows a mother moose and her calf. The second and third shots are of a Windmill Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis detonsa).
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In first position in this row is a final shot of Windmill Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis detonsa), in second position is a shot of Fourpart Dwarf Gentian (Gentianella propinqua) and in third position is a 2-shot panorama of what is referred to as Rainbow Ridge, just a few miles north of Summit Lake on the Richardson Highway.
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Here is a nice scenery shot and then two shots of the Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) - finding this species was one of our goals for this vacation.
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Here is a shot of Kazuya shooting the Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) and then two more shots of the Woolly Geranium (Geranium erianthum) near Summit Lake.
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Now we are on the Denali Highway near Paxson. These three shots are increasingly zoomed to the mountains and glaciers in the distance.
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Here are three beautiful scenery shots taken from around 7 - 10 mile on the Denali Highway.
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Here are two additional scenery shots which were taken from the Denali Highway at around mile 11 or so.
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While we were hiking around the mountains in this area we were distracted by this American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) which had some chicks with her - she showed herself very well for our cameras while successfully steering us away from her chicks - which we saw anyway.
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| End July 15th, Begin July 16th |
Now it's July 16th and nothing exciting happened all morning. After we topped off our gas tank in Glenallen, we found this spot along the Copper River which had a great view, so we stopped here to eat our lunch, which we brought with us.
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We made a snap decision to drive the road to Chitina to witness dip-netting for salmon. Liberty Creek Campground and Liberty Creek Falls was on the way there, so we stopped and hiked around a tiny bit. The third shot shows the Copper River at Chitina.
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In first position you can see the Copper River Bridge near Chitina, we drove down to and across the bridge and then turned around and came back. The second shot shows rigs parked for salmon fishing by various means and the third shot shows some native people using dip-nets for catching salmon.
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The first shot here shows the man got a salmon and the daughter comes in with a plastic stick to knock it on the head. The center shot just shows dip-netting in progress. The third shot shows a lady cleaning a salmon and the seagulls waiting to help with the cleanup.
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The first photo in this row shows "downtown" Chitina, Alaska. The second photo shows Worthington Glacier, near Thompson Pass. The third image is the same photo as the second one, but it has a portion of a photo which I shot on September 13, 1975 superimposed on it to show how far the ice came down in 1975. At that time there was merely a wide spot in the road there, and one parked and it was just a very short walk to the bottom of the glacier. Now there is a State Recreation Site there and one has to drive about a mile to a parking lot, pay $5 to park, and then one can walk up to the glacier - though against the advice of all of the signs which are there.
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Here are three more shots of Worthington Glacier.
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Of course we had to do some hiking in the mountains when we got to Thompson Pass, though it was already about 5:30 PM. These three photos all show Partridgefoot(Luetkea pectinata).
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The first two shots in this row show American Alpine Speedwell (Veronica wormskjoldii), a new species for us. The third shot is also new for us - the Nootka Lupine(Lupinus nootkatensis).
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| End Page 2, but July 16th Continues on Page 3 |
| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please go on to Page 3 for the continuation of this month's adventures at 5:42 PM on the 16th of July. |
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