In all of the photos in travel books Mt. Fuji is pictured with a full snow cap. Leaving semi-tropical Okinawa for cold weather training in Japan, this was our first view of Fuji. It was about the beginning of November 1962, and the lack of snow was seasonal not an effect of global warming. Looking through the thin layer of clouds a little snow is visible on the highest part of the peak. The tents in the foreground was our housing.
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This comic re: Crankshaft's flametrower brought to mind yesterday's blog picture of using a flamethrower to burn trash. That picture was in Japan in a washout. The soil on the slopes of Fuji is largely ash and subject to dramatic washouts with heavy rainfall.
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