9-9-19

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<center><h2>Pingo Pond Reflections</h2></center>

Pingo's and Pingo ponds form in permafrost areas. A Pingo is a raised frozen hill covered in dirt, and a Pingo pond is a collapsed Pingo area. that is just a very basic explanation of a Pingo. More information is available on line. In Alaska we have a lot of what people refer to as Pingo Ponds. Some of them may be something else but any almost circular little lake or pond people call them Pingo Ponds.

We have a few in the area I live and on calm wind days and interesting sky days, they do offer some nice reflections. This was the last picture I took yesterday. We were already in the vehicle getting ready to leave and I had to get one more picture, it was one of the best ones.

![DSC_8115 Last shot of pond.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNQk8MxAYqximf66Uvx3U4PcYxz1PG2DBkixjJNaLJSNU/DSC_8115%20Last%20shot%20of%20pond.jpg)<a href="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNQk8MxAYqximf66Uvx3U4PcYxz1PG2DBkixjJNaLJSNU">Big View</a>

This one here is a panoramic picture of five images pasted together with the <i>Auto Stitch Program</i>. I do like the ease of use of that program and with it being free and just a requirement to give it's name, it is well worth it.

![pano70 pond pic 2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWrMDkY5haDxwzuW76dasVoZujhbnQsacjABZjBzye7SM/pano70%20pond%20pic%202.jpg)<a href="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWrMDkY5haDxwzuW76dasVoZujhbnQsacjABZjBzye7SM">Big View</a>


A classic Pingo Pond shape, almost a perfect circle.

The area of this small Pingo has a nice view almost all the way around. You get a nice <b>Big Sky</b> look to the area. here is a view looking out to the east, and then followed by one looking out to the south. No north view the sky was rather bleak in that direction.

![DSC_8107 looking east.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQs2pUqD6BQRvZNFYCXGuM85sR9T44Bk9BdXvEdDs8ub6/DSC_8107%20looking%20east.jpg) <a href="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQs2pUqD6BQRvZNFYCXGuM85sR9T44Bk9BdXvEdDs8ub6">Big View</a>


![DSC_8109 road south view.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeypvkxnwbjTdaRK4UQixENPqjB2V7hfKepokzsEA7kpJ/DSC_8109%20road%20south%20view.jpg)<a href="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeypvkxnwbjTdaRK4UQixENPqjB2V7hfKepokzsEA7kpJ">Big View</a>


It looks like the middle of nowhere, but while we were there taking pictures, a young woman on a bicycle road by and was friendly enough to say hello, one car went by, then as we were leaving a couple walking their old dog, along the road, and one more car coming at us. Still  it is nice to be where there are no signs of civilization, other than a cone marking a buried power line. It was quiet also, no loud radios, no loud talking, even the dog did not bark. 

So lets finish up with one more panoramic photo of the pond, there is from the lily area of the pond.
<i>I guess HF 21/20 is still in play, two of the pictures above had to be loaded twice, cannot connect to server errors, this last one reached to 98% and failed, and has failed to upload several time at 40-65%, but I did not give up.</i>

![pano69 pond pano 2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQE9mKQCurAhnE5simxwN3RG45SityKEWPCAA9x72j1wT/pano69%20pond%20pano%202.jpg)<a href="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQE9mKQCurAhnE5simxwN3RG45SityKEWPCAA9x72j1wT">Big View</a> 
<sub>I guess that was all it took, mentioning the problem and the very next try success</sub>

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All images were taken by me with my Nikon Camera, and landscape lens. Location of images is the State of Alaska on a side road off the Sterling Highway.

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