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posted: December 31st, 2015 |
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Due to both Kazuya and myself having an abundance of work during the month of December, there is only one outing/adventure to be found here this month. Kazuya was not even able to share that adventure with me due to his even having classes on that date. The single outing/adventure I was able to get out for was on the 19th and it was to see "Diamond Fuji" - the day that the sun goes down directly behind Mt. Fuji - as seen from Mt. Takao. I also searched for Frost Flowers on that outing, but there were none to yet be found. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin December 19th |
The first image in this row is a 2-shot panorama taken from Takao Station. There are still a few (very few) autumn colors showing. The second and third shots were taken at about the elevation of the large shrine on Mt. Takao, a single Red Maple still had some nice colors in it.
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 Dec19_01_02_AutoPano_From TakaoSanStationRC |
 Dec19_07_Red MapleNearShrineRC |
 Dec19_08_Red MapleNearShrineRC |
The first image here is another 2-shot panorama. It shows Mt. Fuji from the summit of Mt. Takao at 1:12 PM. The second and third shots show Susuki Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) near I-Ccho-Daira, where I hiked to in search of Frost Flowers. There were not yet any Frost Flowers though, sorry.
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 Dec19_14_15_AutoPano _MtFujiFromSummitRC |
 Dec19_17_Susuki GrassNearICchoDairaRC |
 Dec19_18_Susuki GrassNearICchoDairaRC |
The three shots in this row, all increasingly zoomed to show Mt. Fuji, were shot from I-Ccho-Daira at around 1:53 PM.
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 Dec19_19_MtFuji FromICchoDairaRC |
 Dec19_21_MtFuji FromICchoDairaRC |
 Dec19_22_MtFuji FromICchoDairaRC |
The first shot in this row was also taken from I-Ccho-Daira at 1:54 PM. The second and third shots were again taken from the summit of Mt. Takao, the second one at 2:34 PM and the third one at 3:45 PM.
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 Dec19_24_MtFuji FromICchoDairaRC |
 Dec19_25_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_32_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
These three shots were all taken from the summit of Mt. Takao, the first one at 3:55 PM, the second one also at 3:55 PM and the third one at 3:57 PM. It's getting closer and closer to "Diamond Fuji" time now.
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 Dec19_36_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_37_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_40_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
The first shot in this row shows the crowd of people behind me at 3:59 PM and the second shot shows the people in front of me, also at 3:59 PM. The third shot was also taken at 3:59 PM and you can see that I was having trouble getting photos without heads in them. I cropped several of the next few shots to remove heads!
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 Dec19_44_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_45_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_46_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
The first shot in this row was shot at 4:00 PM, the 2nd shot at 4:01 PM and the third shot at 4:04 PM.
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 Dec19_47_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_49_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_54_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
The first shot in this row was taken at 4:07 PM, the second shot at 4:08 PM and the third shot at 4:09 PM. In the third shot it appears that the sun is partially behind Mt. Fuji now.
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 Dec19_58_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_63_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_67_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
In these three shots, the first taken at 4:11:14 PM, the second at 4:11:40 PM and the third at 4:11:52, it is quite obvious that the sun is partially eclipsed by Mt. Fuji. The third shot is very close to "Diamond Fuji".
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 Dec19_80_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_84_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
 Dec19_87_MtFuji _DiamondFujiDayRC |
| End Page 1, But December 19th Continues on Page 2 at 4:12:00 PM |
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