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This panorama was made in the early hours, about 5.30am. The sun had just risen in the east and the green tea rows are tinged with sunlight. The location is Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (aka. The Home of Japanese Green Tea). The 2009 harvest season has begun with the first 'new tea' or 'shincha' cut been made o...
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Toggle Minimize gigapan_commentPayam Rahmani (May 01, 2009, 06:10AM )
This is really beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Jeffrey Armstrong PoPBunka! (April 29, 2009, 11:26PM )
The fans blow overnight and early morning to keep frost from developing on the plants. The air temperature about 5 metres up is actually significantly hotter than at ground level. The fans are used to blow that hotter air down onto the plants and keep frost from developing. Its quite simply amazing ingenuity. ____________________________ www.popbunka.com
Stoney Vintson (April 29, 2009, 10:49PM )
I really love this panorama. I like the vibrant green and the texture and geometry of the tea plant rows along with the undulating hills. This is great. Thanks for sharing it with us : )