Eclipse from Thompson Peak, August 21, 2017
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IMG_8001.JPG18 viewsAn 11" Brookie taken from the larger of the lakes at 8900'. Not very big, but some welcome protein to supplement the backpack meals.
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IMG_8007.JPG17 viewsA lesson in portraiture.
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IMG_8009.JPG17 viewsMike applies the pointers while photographing me holding the 11" Brookie I caught this morning. Good job!
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IMG_8012.JPG15 viewsA mountain goat photographed near our camp. I had hoped to photograph a live goat! Not sure what brought this goat down. Perhaps it was a casualty to the harsh winter.
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IMG_8016.JPG13 viewsRushing water has undercut the snow above to form a snow bridge. The top of the snow couloir above Goat Lake is just ahead.
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IMG_8017.JPG16 viewsBearing a striking resemblance to the mushroom cloud of an atom bomb, a recently erupted fire plume surges skyward to the north in the River of No Return Wilderness.
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IMG_8019.JPG13 viewsBy the time I put the 1.4 extender on the zoom lens, the plume is darker, and has lost the mushroom shape.
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IMG_8022.JPG14 viewsA little more than a mile and a half from the trail head, we utilize a fallen tree to cross amazingly clear Iron Creek. It has been a demanding hike down, and at 7:15 pm, it's still not over.
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