My Favorite Valley - Mt. Marth & Mt. Abraham በ MIKOFOX ⌘ Check Out My Albums

Three image panorama. And I don't [did not] like the banded, dirty sky, which I attribute to the way Flickr converts photos, as I don't nearly notice it at all in Aperture. So I'm working on this one. Edit 1: Desaturated a bit and saved it as PNG, which makes it look a little cleaner, but I still don't like the sky. Edit 2: Replaced the panorama with a complete new version starting from the original NEFs, joining them, then saved to TIF and post-processed in Aperture and uploaded as 50% PNG. Looks much better now, even in the shadow areas. The northern Ogilvie Mountains consist mostly of light grey limestone; erosion by water and frost-fracturing have resulted in long slopes of broken rock that have reached a fairly stable condition known as the angle of repose. Lichens have slowly grown over the surface, giving it a dull brown colour. [Source: Dempster Travelogue] The whitish/yellow on the left grey limestone flank represents Cladonia rangiferina, also known as reindeer lichen (c.p. Sw. renlav), lat., is a light-colored, fruticose lichen belonging to the Cladoniaceae family. It grows in both hot and cold climates in well-drained, open environments. Found primarily in areas of alpine tundra, it is extremely cold-hardy. Other common names include reindeer moss and caribou moss, but these names may be misleading since it is not a moss. As the common names suggest, reindeer lichen is an important food for reindeer (caribou), and has economic importance as a result. Synonyms include Cladina rangiferina and Lichen rangiferinus. Reindeer lichen, like many lichens, is slow growing (3–5 mm per year) and may take decades to return once overgrazed, burned, trampled, or otherwise consumed. [Source: Wikipedia]