The tendril-like branches of a Japanese White Birch (Betula platyphylla) reflect in the perfectly still waters of a highland pond in the mountains outside Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

The previous day the weather was wonderful and sunny, so why didn't we see the monkeys when it snowed, and go up to the highlands the first day when it was sunny? Why, what a fine question, and it's perplexing that I have no answer. The upside of waiting until the first snow of the season to visit the mountains? A cold, foggy, snowing walk in the woods. It was an interesting way to first set foot in a place, when the landscape and plants are hiding much of their potential.

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