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posted: May 2nd, 2005 |
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Photos included on this page include only those taken between April 5th and April 7th, a trip to Yamanaka Lake and an outing to the Mt. Takao Area - the first part of our vacation. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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The first phase of our vacation was a trip to Yamanaka Lake, where there are great views of Mt. Fuji. We waited until Tuesday, April 5th to go, as the weather forecast for the previous days was not good. As you may guess from these first 3 photos, it snowed the day before we went.
The first thing we did upon getting to Yamanaka Lake was to find & hike the Mt. Mikuni Trail. That trail takes you over the summit of Mt. Oobura (Photo #3) and Mt. Mikuni (next row).
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Summit of Mt. Mikuni, view of Mt. Fuji from a great Panorama Area, and 3rd photo is Kazuya in the tall grass. We need to go here sometime in the summer and see what this grass is like when it's green! If it's still this tall and dense after a full winter of snow and storms, what's it like in summer?
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These 3 are all the same photo - taken from the Panorama area. The 2nd one is "embossed" and the 3rd one has a "Sheet Metal" effect applied to it. This Sheet Metal effect is very interesting when you see the full size photo and also when printed.
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The first shot is another one with the Sheet Metal effect, the 2nd one is "Lunarized" and the 3rd shot is actually a Panorama of 2 shots.
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The sun was trying to interfere, but Kazuya did a great job in this first photo. The 2nd shot is at 5:01 AM the next day (so the darkness of the photo is not an error), after a night in Marimo Pension. The 3rd Shot is at 5:15 AM.
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In this row, the first photo is at 5:34 AM, the 2nd shot is at 5:39 AM and the 3rd shot is actually a stitched together panorama taken at 5:56 AM. Then we went back to the Pension for breakfast.
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We hiked back up to the Panorama Area again on the 2nd day, and the first shot was taken at 10:10 AM. The next 2 are that Sheet Metal effect again.
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The first shot is that "Lunarize" effect with the shot in Row 7. The 2nd photo is a Panorama of the ridge which we hiked the day before - the Mt. Mikuni and Mt. Oobura ridge line. The 3rd Shot brings us to Phase 2 of Vacation - a trip to the Mt. Takao area on another quest for the wild and wary Cymbidium goeringii orchid! This first shot is a Violet though, not an orchid!
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Shows one of the 4 different species of Arisaema we have identified. The next 2 shots are the Cymbidium goeringii orchid we were in search of. We also found it last month, but these shots are even better than what appeared in this space last month.
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Three more orchid shots!
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One more orchid shot, a Euphorb and a Violet.
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Shows two more violet shots. Note the weird leaves on the Viola eizanensis, makes it one of the easy ones to positively identify! The violets hybridize so readily and there are so many of them anyway, that most of them are quite difficult to positively identify. The 3rd shot is a good one of a Chrysosplenium.
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| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please go on to Page 2 for the continuation of April 7th at the Mt. Takao Area and through April 10th at 3:00 PM at Kusatsu. |
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