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posted: December 24th, 2010 |
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This page shows ONLY photos which are included in the Annual Christmas Letter for 2010. On this page are the photos from June and July - Christmas Letter pages 11 - 17 inclusive. Click on any thumbnail to begin. |
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| Begin "June Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
Page 11 of Christmas Letter.First Photo - Calypso Orchids (Calypso bulbosa var. speciosa) on Mt. Yatsugatake. Second Photo - a shot taken from our lunch spot - that summit (Mt. Akadake) is where we have to be in 3 hours. Third Photo - looking up at Mt. Akadake. |
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Pages 11 and 12 of Christmas Letter.First Photo - gives you an idea of what the climbing was like – chains to hold on to and kind of climbing up a rock cliff. Second Photo - Pulsatilla nipponica. Third Photo - scenery shot taken as we hiked from Mt. Akadake to Mt. Iodake. |
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Page 12 of Christmas Letter.First Photo - taken from a little way below Mt. Iodake – the mountain to the left of center is Mt. Akadake – where we started out this morning. Second Photo - Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcense) growing in Oze National Park. Third Photo - marsh in Oze National Park. |
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Page 13 of Christmas Letter - Oze National Park.First Photo - Viola kamtschadalorum (3 shots fused into one image). Second Photo - sunrise time on June 13th. Third Photo - a reflection on the water and Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcense). |
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| End June, Begin "July Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter |
Pages 13 and 14 of Christmas Letter - Oze national Park (A Second Visit).First Photo - the Boardwalk. Second Photo - Cottongrass. Third Photo - climbing Mt. Shibutsu. |
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Page 14 of Christmas Letter - Oze National Park.First Photo - Mt. Shibutsu - Dactylorhiza aristata (an Orchid). Second Photo - Mt. Shibutsu Panorama. Third Photo - Erigeron thunbergii subsp. glabratus var. heterotrichus. |
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Pages 14 and 15 of Christmas Letter - Oze National Park.First Photo - a Pogonia japonica Orchid Collage. Second Photo - an Eleorchis japonica Orchid Collage. Third Photo - Mt. Shibutsu - an Edelweiss (Leontopodium fauriei var. angustifolium) Collage. |
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Page 15 of Christmas Letter.First Photo - Oze National Park, sunrise. Second Photo - Hakuba - Hakuba Pond Panorama. Third Photo - a beautiful Orange Lily on Mt. Hakuba. |
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Pages 15 and 16 of Christmas Letter.First Photo - Mt. Korenge - Dicentra peregrina. Second Photo - hiking to Mt. Shirouma - Scenery. Third Photo - near Mt. Shiroumadake - Lagotis glauca. |
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Page 16 of Christmas Letter.First Photo - from the Mt. Shiroumadake Hut area near sunset time. Second Photo - Mt. Yarigatake (2,903.1 m = 9,525 ft) out in front of us the following day (July 24th). Third Photo - looking back to Mt. Shakushidake (near) and Mt. Shiroumadake (far). |
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Pages 16 and 17 of Christmas Letter.First Photo - sunrise time near Mt. Yarigatake Hot Spring. Second and 3rd Photos - below Mt. Yarigatake. |
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| End "July Happenings" Photos from the Christmas Letter, End Page 2 |
| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please continue on to Page 3 for the continuation of photos from the Annual Christmas Letter - starting with "August Happenings". |
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