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posted: December 1st, 2020 |
This page begins with a sales pitch for our 2021 Alaska Nature Photos Calendar Book and also a new version of our Twelvemile: Summit to Summit book. After that we jump to photos taken during and after our heavy snowstorm of November 6th. Following that are some photos which we took while on a walk up the road from our house on November 17th. After that there are three photos which were taken on November 18th, and then there are two Aurora Borealis photos which were taken on the 21st. The next photos after that were shot on November 25th and 26th - a Thanksgiving Dinner with just the two of us at home due to the coronavirus. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| New Books Pitch |
This 2021 calendar is not intended to be hung on your wall, instead, it is intended to be kept on your desk or in your desk drawer and used as a kind of private calendar. This Calendar Book shows 12 photos of Alaska Outdoor/Nature Scenery, primarily mountains and flowers.
Click HERE to go the Amazon page.
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This is the same old Twelvemile: Summit to Summit" Book, but this version is a smaller size than the original one. The size of the original version was 11 inches x 8.5 inches, but the size of this one is 8.25 inches x 6 inches, like a pocket-size version, so to speak. I replaced just one image with a better image and that image is shown below. Click HERE to go the Amazon page.
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On November 6th and 7th we had a total snowfall of about 14 inches, with wind. The first and second shots show that even though our porch is covered, with the wind, we still had a fair amount of snow on it. The third shot was taken while looking west from the porch, at this point the snow was about 6 inches deep.
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Here is one more photo which was taken during the storm. In second position is a 2-shot panoramic image, the individual shots were taken from our window. The third image is also a 2-shot panorama created from photos which were taken from our window.
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Snow work is now in progress, beginning with the removal of snow from our pickup truck. In the second and third photos, that jug you see on the hood is our snow gauge, which we put there every single day. Ha, it only measures to 6 inches!
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Here is a close-up photo of our snowfall depth gauge. You can see that it's only effective for measuring if the depth is 6 inches or less. The second and third shots are shown for comparison - the center shot was taken on October 29th and the third shot was taken on November 7th.
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Now it's November 17th. The first shot was taken while the sun was rising, so it shows some nice orange-red colors. The second shot was taken from our porch, and the third shot was also taken from the porch, but zoomed-in. By the way, the second and third shots were taken at around solar-noon, but on November 17th the sun only rises to 6° above the horizon here in Fairbanks.
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These three photos all show snow, rime, hoarfrost or whatever it is, in the upper reaches of the trees. So beautiful!
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The first shot here shows Kazuya taking a photo from the upper edge of Gettinger's Field, east of Fairbanks. The center shot shows snow on a small bush and the third shot is simply a snowbank.
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These three shots were all taken from the upper edge of Gettinger's Field.
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The first photo here shows the Eastern Alaska Range - Hess Mountain (11,940 ft = 3,639 m) on the left and Mt. Deborah (12,339 ft = 3,761 m) on the right. The second and third photos just show more snowy beauty at Gettinger's Field.
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These images are both the same photo of some snow on a small bush, but the second image was converted to an HDR (High Dynamic Range) image with Photoshop®.
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The first photo here is a 2-shot vertical panorama (one shot stacked on above another, not beside it) taken from our porch and looking south. The second shot is a close-up of snow.
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The first image here is a 2-shot panorama at sunrise time and looking west. The center shot is another which was shot from our porch and zoomed to some extent. The third shot shows the sun and snow.
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Here are two Aurora Borealis shots which were taken on the night of November 21st. The Aurora was super for just a few minutes, but these were the two best shots which Kazuya managed to capture - all of mine were nothing.
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On the day before Thanksgiving we went to town and bought a bunch of flowers and then Kazuya spent the rest of the day putting them together into these two beautiful and amazing arrangements. He made one for us and one for a friend. The first one in this row is the one which the friend selected. The second shot shows both arrangements.
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The first shot in this row shows the flower arrangement which we kept. The center shot shows Kazuya at our dinner table with the Thanksgiving Dinner which he prepared. This was our first Thanksgiving spent alone, and that was due, of course, to the coronavirus. The pie which you can see in the center photo was a delicious apple pie made for us by the friend to whom we gave one of the flower arrangements. The third shot shows what our first plateful looked like. The meat is a Costco rotisserie chicken, served with Dijon Mustard and homemade Lingonberry sauce. There is a nice green salad, the white chunks are yam, there is a side of cooked vegetables, and you can also see au-gratin scalloped potatoes.
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| End Thanksgiving Season, End November 2020's Photos, Begin Our Publications Links |
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