Sapsucker Woods and Sunset Park: A Winter Day in January 2024
On January 8, 2024, a day or two after we got a reasonable amount of snow
and a day before we got a sizeable amount of rain, I went out for a quick
expedition to take some snow pictures, while the snow was still around.
I went to Sapsucker Woods and then Sunset Park. I used my 50mm (equivalent)
lens at Sapsucker Woods since it is lightweight. For some of the pictures,
I used the "poor man's wide angle lens" which is to say I took a bunch
of pictures and stitched them together in Photoshop, so many are larger
than average.
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Sapsucker Woods
Sapsucker Woods is two wooded areas by the
Cornell Lab of Ornithology across the highway from the Ithaca Airport.
Oddly enough, it's not that loud and the animals don't seem to care.
Next to the lab there's a big pond with trails
around it. On the other side of the road is a wooded area with trails
that include an artwork by Andy Goldsworthy. The trails aren't very long
but they're pleasant to walk around and often it's not crowded at all
(well, especially in winter).
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Ice on a pool of water. It calls for me to try to walk
on it and sink!
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A closeup of the snow on top of the posts on the footbridge
(of DOOOM!).
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The bridge beckons the traveler to go deeper,
DEEPER into the woods.
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A vertical panorama of some trees by the path.
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Wait...is that Goldsowrthy's cairn? Shhh, don't spook it!
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A small frozen pond sits in the back of the woods.
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A banana tree...no, it's a tree pretending to be a banana!
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Latte ice! I think the little pool went through a few freeze/thaw
cycles...(more)
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Panoramic shopw of the pond by The Cornell Lab
of Ornithology with the Lab...(more)
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A shelter by the pond by the Lab of Ornithology. It's a
combination of 4x4...(more)
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Panoramic view of one of the trees growing
around and through one of the...(more)
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Another veritcal panoramic shot of how a
living tree is slowly ripping the...(more)
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The Silver Stork! Or maybe the Chrome Crane. Or Bismuth Bird?
It's shiny...(more)
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Another view of the metal statue of the bird, the pond, and
two geese in the...(more)
Sunset Park
Sunset Park is a very small park
(or pull-off) in Cayuga Heights on the south west side of Caygua Lake
with a nice view of the lake.
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A panoramic picture of the Cayuga Lake inlet's
red and white marker lights.
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A tree that looks like veins branching out with
Cayuga Lake in the distance.
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Panoramic view looking to the hills south of
Cayuga Lake.
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