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posted: October 31st, 2014 |
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This page continues from Page 1 as we were strolling around the Mt. Fuji 5th Station Area of the Subaru Line on October 25th. The first photo was shot at 10:58 AM. Just by coincidence the final photo on Page 1 was also shot at 10:58 AM. The final photo on this page was taken at 12:56 PM as we were hiking the trail which goes from the 5th Station to Okuniwa - the Ochuudou Trail. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| October 25th Continues from Page 1 (at 10:58 AM) |
At the 5th Station you can pay to ride a horse. They don't allow you to go very far and they also don't allow you to be unaccompanied - a handler leads the horse by the reins and you ride it. Exciting, eh -- NOT! Anyway, there was one horse kind of hidden away and not being ridden so I stopped to rub his ears and heads. The first photo shows me being friendly to the horse. It appreciated my friendship. The 2nd and 3rd photos show the beautiful golden-yellow colors of the Japanese Larch trees (Larix kaempferi).
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This trail we are on runs for a bit of a distance from the 5th Station more or less to the north. You can approach the summit from this trail if you want to. There are fewer leaves remaining this year than there were in 2012 when we were here. This time the weather is much more clear too! We can see forever.
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Here are lots of yellows and golds for you. These yellows are all in the Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) trees. The center photo shows Kazuya.
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We could see Yamanaka Lake from here! The black outlined area shows the approximate area of the following photo and the yellow outlined area shows what you'll see in the 3rd photo in this row. The 2nd photo is zoomed in to Mt. Myoujin, which we camped on top of back in September 2005. At that time we took photos of Mt. Fuji by moonlight. If you want to see them they begin HERE (new window or tab). The 3rd shot is zoomed out a bit and in this one you can see Mt. Myoujin and Yamanaka Lake quite well.
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In first position in this row is another shot of Mt. Yatsugatake. The second shot is looking up Mt. Fuji with a Christmas Tree size Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) for color contrast. The 3rd shot shows some of the horses which are available for rental - to ride with a handler leading you.
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Here is another shot of the horses in first position. That is followed by beautiful yellow colors as we look out towards Mt. Yatsugatake while hiking along the Ochuudou Trail from Station 5 to Okuniwa. Remember from Page 1, Row 8 that Mt. Yatsugatake is about 76 km (47 mi) distant at a compass bearing of 334°. The 3rd shot is looking up Mt. Fuji with some nice yellow and gold colors in evidence.
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In this row are shots of myself in first position, Kazuya in 2nd position and then beautiful cloudy scenery in 3rd position. We are hiking the Ochuudou Trail in all of the photos now.
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The first shot in this row is a Tone-mapped image of 3 exposure bracketed photos, one of which was the previous photo. What we'd like to have you notice here is how the foreground and mid-ground is so much lighter in this Tone-mapped image than in the previous photo. The 2nd and 3rd photos are shots which show nice autumn colors and also me, hiking along the Ochuudou Trail.
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Here is a shot of me looking out at the beautiful scenery. The outlined area in the 2nd photo shows the approximate portion that is shown in the 3rd photo. We'd like you to notice that line of small bushes which is growing along the small drainage which you can see near the center of the 2nd photo - that is why I zoomed in for the 3rd photo. Interesting, eh?
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In the 1st photo in this row you can see some outstanding gold and yellow colors of Autumn. The 2nd photo is looking up towards the summit of Mt. Fuji. Note the outlined area - it will be shown to you in the 3rd photo.
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Here is another shot showing beautiful gold and yellow in the Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) and then 2 shots of cranberry plants (Vaccinium oxycoccos). We ate several handfuls of cranberries, and we bought a jar of locally made cranberry jam at Okuniwa. Yummy!!!
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