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This page begins with June 28 and ends with June 29.  It includes only a second trip up to Twelvemile and Eagle Summits to find more amazing flowers and scenery.  Actually, on this trip the scenery was unimportant, there wasn't much scenery to be seen due to the terribly smoky skies which were a result of the numerous large forest fires scattered all across the state.  Despite the smoke though, we had a good time shooting the flowers and commenting to each other about how terrible the smoke was.  Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin June 28th - 29th
  Now we are on the way to Eagle Summit and we have stopped at a place we refer to as Diversity Gulch because of the tremendous diversity of species of wildflowers here. The first shot in this row shows an Oeder's Lousewort (Pedicularis oederi), the second shot shows a Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum), and the third shot shows an absolutely amazing specimen of Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica).
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  Here is another shot of the Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica) seen just previous, and then a shot of Daniel shooting that specimen. After that is a shot of Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana).
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  Here are two additional shots of Scamman's Springbeauty (Claytonia scammaniana) and then a shot of Moss Campion (Silene acaulis).
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  Here is a shot of some wolf scat and the carcass of a caribou. From the size of the scat, it looks like the wolf had a good meal. This is a very popular caribou hunting area, so it is likely that the wolves come here to eat the gut piles in the middle of the night after the hunters leave. The second shot shows some Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida) and the third shot shows a singular Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala) and caribou remains.
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  The first shot in this row shows Snow Arnica (Arnica griscomii ssp. frigida) & caribou remains. The center shot shows Twice-hairy Butterweed (Tephroseris lindstroemii) and the third shot shows Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii).
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  Here are two shots of Yukon Grounsel (Tephroseris yukonensis) and sandwiched between them is a shot of Twice-hairy Butterweed (Tephroseris lindstroemii).
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  We spent the night at Eagle Summit Wayside in our topper shell. These two shots show the smoky skies in the evening.
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  We took an evening hike down the mountain a little ways and found this most incredible area where there was abundant water from the melting snow above it and found so many species. Here is an example of Frigid Shooting-star (Dodecatheon frigidum) in first position, an Apetalous Catchfly (Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis) in second position, and then me pointing to the flowing water and the many species of wildflowers.
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  Here are two additional shots of that Apetalous Catchfly (Silene uralensis ssp. uralensis). In third position is another species of Silene, this one is Moss Campion (Silene acaulis).
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  Here are three examples of Arctic Forget-me-not (Eritrichium nanum), a very tiny and beautiful plant.
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  In both first and second positions are shots of one of Kazuya's favorite species, the Lapland Rosebay (Rhododendron lapponicum). In third position is a shot of Purple Bittercress (Cardamine purpurea).
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  In first position is an amazing grouping of Macoun's Poppy (Papaver macounii) with Daniel taking shots of it and then in second position is the same group of Macoun's Poppy with Kazuya taking shots of it. In third position is a Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), we think this is an immature male.
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  Here is one additional shot of the Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) and then two shots of a clump of Long-pod Stitchwort (Minuartia macrocarpa).
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  Here is a shot taken from the pickup truck while we were getting closer to Fairbanks. We don't know what the AQI (Air Quality Index) was at this point, but it must have been at least 300.
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