Chena
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A wonderful place to relax the world away in this natural hot tub setting… and also a great place for viewing the Northern Lights of Alaska… This is actually a natural thermal hot springs… known as Chena Hot Springs Rock Lake, located about 60 miles Northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. The water temperature is 110 degrees year round, and the depth of the lake varies daily, depending on the activity of the Springs itself, but is typically around 4 feet in depth…. You don’t even notice the below 20 degree temperatures as you exit the lake and head back to the bathhouse….
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Mi-Ni-Ci-No ~ Tried and Proven (Miami) ~ Alaska Sunset Clouds and Sky Reflections Chena Lakes
by Sharon MauCopyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi ” aya aya! teepahki iishiteehiaanki keewiihkawilotawiaanki (Hello! We are glad you have come to visit us)” ~ “MIAMI TWIGH TWEE STORY The Miami’s name Twigh Twee, or Twaatwaa, originates during an early period of our existence. During this time, the Miami discovered the Cherokee, and were in the habit of making war on them. They attacked three different times before the Cherokee took action to retaliate. The Cherokee War Party followed the Miami. They came upon a large river, discovering a single track along the bank. They crossed the large river, and upon the other side were more tracks. As they continued, they found tracks in different locations at various intervals of the march until they saw the head and neck of a Crane blazed on the side of a tree. They crossed a prairie where they saw two of these animals flying above them. As the Cherokee approached the other side, the Cranes let out a noise, crying out as they do when they are frightened. At length, the Miami’s rushed upon the Cherokee, the noise of the Crane still amiss. Every Cherokee but one was killed. When he returned to his village, he told his people that they need not worry at their frequent past defeats because they were not conquered by men, but by the Twau Twau’s, who could fly off in an instant. Trowbridge, C.C.Meearmeear Traditions. Ed. Vernon Kinietz. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1938. ” http://www.miamiindians.org/
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Nani-Ba-Zhu ~ Mother Earth [ Kanza ] Alaska Sunset Reflections Chena River Lakes One of my personal favourites from my collection: / Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Sky reflections on Chena Lakes / Alaska North Star Titles and quote commentaries are Lodge names and translations of Order of the Arrow Insignia ~ Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Links to websites with more information on First Nations ~ American Native Tribes I was captivated by the dreamy spherical look of the clouds and the beautiful soft pastel colours as they drifted across the sky on the horizon toward the sunset. ~ Chena River Lakes is a beautiful recreational Alaska State Park in the Tanana River Valley near North Pole Alaska. “Konza; or Kanza ~ The Kansa/Kaw Tribe, also known as “the wind people” The tribe originally lived along the lower Kansas River in villages consisting of conical-shaped lodges. The Kaw Tribe, formerly known as the Kansa (or Konza) at one time stretched over 20 million acres across northern Kansas into Nebraska and Missouri. In 1825, a treaty was signed by the Kanza Tribe in which the Tribe “agreed” to sell a large portion of its land base and relocated to a reservation near present day Topeka, Kansas. The Kansa lived a semi-nomadic life, depending primarily on buffalo hunting and some farming for their food. They obtained social prestige and honor only in combat, and their chiefs were chosen for bravery and wisdom. The culture of the Kansa was that of the Plains people of the central United States. Typical of the Plains culture area, adolescent boys underwent a puberty rite known as the vision quest-a period of isolation meant to invoke supernatural images. Religious beliefs were centered around spirits associated with nature. Highly developed burial customs were followed; the body was placed in a shallow grave with food, clothing, and other needs for the afterlife. By 1840 the lands of the Kansa had been acquired by the United States government and incorporated into the so-called Indian Territory, to which many Native Americans were being removed. In 1846, the Kaw numbering about 1,600, signed another treaty and moved southwestward near what is known today as Council Grove, Kansas Kanza ~ Kaw Nation Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Clouds and Sky Reflections / Interior Alaska / Chena River Slough Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Akeakamai / Hawaiian Translation: Lover of Wisdom / Sunset Reflections on Chena River Lakes / Interior Alaska Brilliant Skies Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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From my collection: / Reflections of Beauty / Akeakamai / Hawaiian Translations: Lover of Wisdom Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi Sunset Chena River Lakes / Interior Alaska Brilliant Skies reflected in the calm, clear, pristine and cold glacial water of Chena River Lakes in the Tanana River Valley Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi Sunset Chena River Lakes / Interior Alaska Brilliant Skies reflected in the calm, clear, pristine and cold glacial water of Chena River Lakes in the Tanana River Valley. I love this place. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved / My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be reproduced without my express written consent. Chena (pronounced Chay – na) Lake Recreation Area is a 260 lake covering more than 4 miles of the fresh water of the beautiful Chena River and also fed by the glacial waters of the mighty Tanana River. / / With over 2,100 acres to explore and enjoy, Chena Lake Recreation Area has activities for all visitors. Chena Lake Recreation Area covers over 2,000 acres and has two distinct personalities; the Lake Park, with a 260 acre lake the River Park, covering 4 miles of the Chena River. Lake Park hosts three volleyball courts, one horseshoe pit, a playground, multiple day use picnic sites with tables and fire rings, two covered pavilions, two changing room/warm up buildings, two designated swimming areas with sandy beaches, a boat rental, two fishing docks (one handicap accessible), a lake boat launch, potable water stations and restrooms. River Park is stretched along 4 miles of the south bank of the Chena River and hosts one volleyball court, one horseshoe pit, one covered pavilion, one changing room/warm up building, a 4.5 kilometer self guided nature trail, river boat launch, potable water stations, restrooms, and multiple day use picnic sites with tables and fire rings. During the winter months Chena Lake Recreation Area offers groomed classical cross-country ski trails with a 2km, 4.5km, and 7km loop as well as a multi-use trail with a 3.8, 5.5, 6.5, 9.5 and 12 mile loops for snow machining, ski-joring, dog mushing, walking, running, etc. Chena Lake also offers four ice-fishing houses No motors are permitted on the lake, only kayaks, canoes and paddle type boats. It is a beautiful place to photograph clouds and sky reflections and also a winter wonderland when the lake freezes. From my collection: / Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Alaska / Clouds and sky reflections on Chena Lakes. / Titles and quote commentaries are Lodge names and translations of Order of the Arrow Insignia ~ Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Links to websites with more information on First Nations ~ American Native Tribes “So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. / Trouble no one about their religion; / respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. / Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. / Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. / Show respect to all people and grovel to none. / When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. / Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. / Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.” / quote by Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Nation Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 29 August 2007 21:16:56 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/200 / Av( Aperture Value ) 9.0 / ISO Speed 400 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Focal Length 28.0 mm
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Autumn colours reflected in Chena River / Tanana River Valley / North Star Borough / Interior Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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From my collection: / Alaska North Star ~ Arctic Fantasy Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. / It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. / We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? / You are a child of God. / Your playing small does not serve the world. / There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. / We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. / It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. / And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. / As we are liberated from our own fear, / our presence automatically liberates others.” by Marrianne Williamson ~ excerpts from Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. I use only my own images to create composites, matrix panoramic images and digital art, therefore I own full copyrights on all my work. This is one of my favourites. It is a composite of three of my images, one of the Chena Slough near North Pole Alaska and two of Interior Alaska brilliant skies Featured in Mountains and Light 29 December 2008 Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Currently with 4405 Views Mahalo :) Świetna melodia Currently with 4442 Views ~ Mahalo :)))
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Sunset Clouds and Sky Reflections / Chena River Lakes Alaska North Star 2009 Fine Art Photography by Sharon Anne Mau / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Spirit of Delight ~ Chena River Autumn Colours / Tanana River Valley / Interior Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved “A gold fringe on the purpling hem Of hills the river runs, / As down its long, green valley falls The last of summer’s suns. / Along its tawny gravel-bed Broad-flowing, swift, and still, / As if its meadow levels felt The hurry of the hill, / Noiseless between its banks of green From curve to curve it slips; / The drowsy maple-shadows rest Like fingers on its lips. / A waif from Carroll’s wildest hills, Unstoried and unknown; / The ursine legend of its name Prowls on its banks alone. / Yet flowers as fair its slopes adorn As ever Yarrow knew, / Or, under rainy Irish skies, By Spenser’s Mulla grew; / And through the gaps of leaning trees Its mountain cradle shows / The gold against the amethyst, The green against the rose. / Touched by a light that hath no name, A glory never sung, / Aloft on sky and mountain wall Are God’s great pictures hung. / How changed the summits vast and old! No longer granite-browed, / They melt in rosy mist; the rock is softer than the cloud; / The valley holds its breath; no leaf Of all its elms is twirled; / The silence of eternity Seems falling on the world. / The pause before the breaking seals Of mystery is this; / Yon miracle-play of night and day makes dumb its witnesses. / What unseen altar crowns the hills that reach up stair on stair? / What eyes look through, what white wings fan These purple veils of air? / What Presence from the heavenly heights To those of earth stoops down? / Not vainly Hellas dreamed of gods On Ida’s snowy crown! / Slow fades the vision of the sky, The golden water pales, / And over all the valley-land A gray-winged vapour sails. / I go the common way of all; The sunset fires will burn, / The flowers will blow, the river flow, When I no more return. / No whisper from the mountain pine Nor lapsing stream shall tell / The stranger, treading where I tread, Of him who loved them well. / But beauty seen is never lost, God’s colours all are fast; / The glory of this sunset heaven into my soul has passed, / A sense of gladness unconfined To mortal date or clime; / As the soul liveth, it shall live Beyond the years of time. / Beside the mystic asphodels Shall bloom the home-born flowers, / And new horizons flush and glow With sunset hues of ours. / Farewell! these smiling hills must wear Too soon their wintry frown, / And snow-cold winds from off them shake The maple’s red leaves down. / But I shall see a summer sun still setting broad and low; / The mountain slopes shall blush and bloom, The golden water flow. / A lover’s claim is mine on all I see to have and hold, / The rose-light of perpetual hills, And sunsets never cold!” Poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier 1876 ~ Featured Member’s Choice Outdoors Fall Scenics October 2007 Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi /
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View of Fairbanks and the Tanana River Valley from Chena Ridge ~ Alaska North Star Summer Scenics
by Sharon MauCopyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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From my collection: / Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Alaska Reflections of Beauty / Brilliant Skies of Alaska / Bright Blue Sky and Cloud Reflections / Chena River Lakes / Alaska North Star / Panorama This is a stitch of five images taken on a beautiful Autumn day on Chena River Lakes Alaska North Star 05 September 2007 © 2009 Fine Art Photography by Sharon Mau. My photographs on this website are protected under International Copyright law and may not be posted in another webpage on the internet or used for commercial use of any kind without my express written permission, including but not limited to resale of my images. You may contact me if you have questions or wish to use them commercially. All rights reserved universewide. Mahalo! Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved “What you need is another moon / To reveal you. / What you need is another sun / To fulfil you.” / ~ Poetry by Sri Chinmoy Canon Digital Rebel XTi
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Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / 20 October 2007 11:38:57 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500 / Av( Aperture Value ) 11 / ISO Speed 400 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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This is straight from the camera early morning light on a bright and beautiful Autumn day in the Interior / Chena River Lakes North Pole Alaska From my collection: / Reflections of Beauty ~ Alaska North Star Fine Art Photography by Sharon Anne Mau / My images do not belong to the public domain. Duplication is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved universewide The light on this day was absolutely gorgeous. Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Shooting Date 05 September 2007 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500 / Av( Aperture Value ) 16.0 / ISO Speed 320 / Focal Length 28.0 mm / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / Shooting Date/Time 04 April 2007 18:34:56 / Tv 1/500 Av 11.0 ISO 400 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Crested Swede Duck / Chena River Lakes North Pole Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Meet Boodle! She is a beautiful Crested Swede Duck, a pet dearly loved by Jeremy and Jena, who I met near North Pole Alaska at Chena Lakes in 2007. They carry her on walks in a pet carrier, and when they are in a safe area away from dogs… they place her on the ground where she follows their sweet calls like a little puppy and swims in the lake! She is so darling! She isn’t Blue and she isn’t Black, she is brown, so I have been unable to locate any specific information on her breed. “As early as 1835, the Blue Swedish Duck was being raised by farmers in Pomerania, which back then was part of Sweden, thus the name. Swedish Ducks are one of the heartiest of all the breeds, with a calm disposition. They are active foragers. Their body type is very close to the Pekin duck with carriage being a little more upright. Adult weight is around 8 lbs for the drake and 7 lbs for the hen duck. Cockerels are males age 1 day to 12 months of age, cock is a male over 1 year old, stag is a male 5-11 months of age, pullets are females age 1 day to 12 months of age, hen is over 1 years old and straight run is a term for males and females mixed as they hatch and not separated. Generally 100 straight run chicks will give you 50 pullets and 50 cockerels as an average” / If you click on this link, here is an information source and excellent article on Care of Baby Chicks / Domestic Ducks Breed Index / For information and free materials contact United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service / Wikipedia List of National Birds Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 18 August 2007 16:31:57 / Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/400 / Av( Aperture Value ) 10.0 / ISO Speed 400 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM / Focal Length 135.0 mm
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The Sound of the Sun / Embrace of the Everlasting “It makes one all right, / though you hadn’t thought of it, / A sound like the sound of the sky on fire, / like Armageddon, / Whistling and crackling, the explosions of sunlight booming / As the huge mass of gas rages into the emptiness around it. It isn’t a sound you are often aware of, / though the light speeds / To us in seconds, / each dawn leaping easily across a chasm / Of space that swallows the sound of that sphere, / but If you listen closely some morning, when the sun swells Over the horizon and the world is stil / and still asleep, / You might hear it, / a faint noise so far inside your mind / That it must come from somewhere, / from light rushing to darkness, / Energy burning towards entropy, / towards a peaceful solution, / Burning brilliantly, spontaneously, in the middle of nowhere, And you, too, must make a sound that is somewhat like it, Though that, of course, you have no way of hearing at all.” ~ The Sound of the Sun by George Bradley Sun Pillar / Sunset near Chena River Lakes Recreational Park / Wilderness of North Pole Alaska / From my collection: / Emerquinox Spirit of Alaska / Emerquinox is a word I coined when I combined the words Emerge and Equinox. Alaska North Star Winter Scenics Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 12 January 2008 15:37:59 / Tv Shutter Speed 1/4000 Av Aperture Value 5.6 ISO 1600 / Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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Clouds and Sky reflected in the pristine waters of Chena River Lakes. Alaska Sunset / Reflections of Beauty / Chena River Lakes / Tanana River Valley / North Pole Alaska From my collection: / Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Alaska / Clouds and sky reflections on Chena Lakes. / Titles and quote commentaries are Lodge names and translations of Order of the Arrow Insignia ~ Chi-Hoota-Wei ~ Many Fires, One Great Light ~ Links to websites with more information on First Nations ~ American Native Tribes Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 29 August 2007 20:09:46
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Clouds and Sky reflected in the pristine waters of Chena River Lakes. Reflections of Beauty / Chena River Lakes / Tanana River Valley / North Pole Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date 10 August 2007
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Clouds and Sky reflected in the pristine waters of Chena River Lakes. Reflections of Beauty / Chena River Lakes / Tanana River Valley / North Pole Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date 10 August 2007
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Clouds and Sky reflected in the pristine waters of Chena River Lakes. Reflections of Beauty / Chena River Lakes / Tanana River Valley / North Pole Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date 10 August 2007
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Clouds and Sky reflected in the pristine waters of Chena River Lakes. Reflections of Beauty / Chena River Lakes / Tanana River Valley / North Pole Alaska Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date 10 August 2007
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Chena River Lakes North Pole Alaska / Summer Pastel Sunset Om bhur bhuvah svah Tat savitur varenyam Bhargo devasya dhimahi Dhiyo yo nah Prachodayat “We meditate on the transcendental glory of the Deity Supreme, / who is inside the heart of the earth, / inside the life of the sky, / and inside the soul of the heaven. / May He stimulate and illumine our minds.” Gayatri Mantra Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved universe wide Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 05 Sepember 2007 8:30:13 PM
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