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This page begins and ends with May29th. We took a trip up the Elliott Highway to the Grapefruit Rocks Area. We went to the Upper Grapefruit Rocks Trailhead once last summer and looked around a bit, but we thought that the area did not look very interesting. This year we took a closer look, and boy, were we wrong about it being uninteresting! We found so many species of flowers that it was just amazing. In addition, the scenery was great too. So, all photos from Row 3 on this page were taken at Upper Grapefruit Rocks, and there are a few more on Page 2. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin May 29th |
I didn't have adequate time last month to include the photos from May 29th and 30th, so I'm including them this time. On May 29th we went out on the Elliott Highway to about Milepost 39 and climbed up into what is called Grapefruit Rocks. This area is popular for technical climbing enthusiasts and therefore that means that there is a good deal of sunny area with hills, huge rocks, and cliffs. We had never been there before so we were not sure what we'd find. The photos in this first row were all taken at a place on the way to the Grapefruit Rocks Area. This is an old forest fire area with lots of Cottongrass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) in bloom, at least on this particular date. The third shot is Labrador Tea.
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More Cottongrass. The third image is made up of three photos taken at different exposures and then combined into one image by a process called Tone-Mapping. Using this technique, it is possible to bring out areas that would not show up in a single photo.
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Okay, now we have arrived at the Grapefruit Rocks Area and we are climbing up the trail. The first shot shows a Vaccinium uliginosum and the second and third shots show Dryas integrifolia.
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In first position in this row is a Juniper, a Juniperus communis var. depressa, to be precise. The second shot shows another Dryas integrifolia and the third shot shows the Lower Grapefruit Rocks Area from the Upper Grapefruit Rocks Area.
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The first shot in this row shows Wickersham Dome - search for the radio tower. The second shot shows some very interesting spring greenery - again, this is a Tone-Mapped image, created from 3 photos taken at different exposures. The third shot shows a Dasiphora fruticosa.
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Here is another shot of Dasiphora fruticosa, another Tone-Mapped image of interesting spring greenery, and then an unedited shot of this spring greenery.
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Here are two shots of Viburnum trilobum (Highbush Cranberry) and then a shot of a Showy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum).
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The first image here is a collage showing the dried up flowers and also the plant of Anticlea elegans (Mountain Deathcamas). Note that on Page 5 we will show you some shots of this plant which were taken on June 26th and in those shots you'll be able to see the flowers in bloom. The second shot shows another Showy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum). The third shot shows a Pulsatilla patens (Pasque Flower) which is done blooming.
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Here is another Showy Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum) and then two shots of Saxifraga tricuspidata.
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Here are two shots of Erigeron purpuratus and then another shot of that Mountain Deathcamas (Anticlea elegans).
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Here are three shots of Saxifraga tricuspidata. The center image is a portion of the first photo.
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The first two shots in this row are Erigeron purpuratus and near the center of the third shot are three flower stalks of Pulsatilla patens which have finished blooming. This is an interesting photo with the rocks, trees, moss, lichen and everything else.
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The first shot in this row shows more of that very interesting spring greenery, the center shot shows Kazuya shooting a Pulsatilla patens (Pasque Flower) which is still in bloom, and the third shot shows a large patch of Dryas integrifolia.
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Here is a closer shot of that patch of Dryas integrifolia shown just above, and then an even closer shot of the same patch. The third shot is a beautiful example of Pulsatilla patens (Pasque Flower).
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Here is another Pulsatilla patens which has finished blooming and then two scenery shots.
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Here are two shots of Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens) and then a shot of Anemone narcissiflora.
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In first position in this row is another shot of Anemone narcissiflora and then two shots of Lloydia serotina.
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In first position in this row is another shot of Anemone parviflora and then 2 increasingly zoomed shots of the Lower Grapefruit Rocks Area. The highway you can see is, of course, the Elliott Highway.
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In this row are shots of Anemone parviflora, Dryas integrifolia and a distant scenery shot.
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In first position in this row is another shot of the Lower Grapefruit Rocks Area. The center shot shows Kazuya hiking along and the third shot shows another Pasque Flower blossom.
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Here are two shots of a young Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum). It was able to hide its nose under this rock and therefore assumed that if it could not see us, we could not see it! Ha! We took some photos of it and continued on.
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Here is the first huge rock of the Upper Grapefruit Rocks. We stopped. There were some climbers practicing on this rock, as you'll be able to see in the next row.
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The first shot in this row is another image which is Tone-Mapped from three separate exposures. Notice the three climbing ropes in it. The second shot shows more of that interesting spring greenery. In the third shot you can see a rope again.
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In first position in this row is a shot of Potentilla rubricaulis. In second position is a shot of Saxifraga reflexa and in third position is an example of Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana.
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The first two shots in this row again show Androsace chamaejasme ssp. lehmanniana and the third shot shows Erigeron purpuratus.
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| End Page 1, but May 29th Continues on Page 2 |
| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please go on to Page 2 for the continuation of this May 29th adventure, beginning at 1:04 PM. |
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