Month: May 2008
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Firefalls 2008: Let the fire fall!
There was a fire on the north rim today, just west of Northdome and slightly east of Royal Arches Cascades. Tonight I noticed the light as I went out for a smoke, went and grabbed my camera and took several shots. Unfortunately I don’t have a wireless release and so had to resort to hand-holding…
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Tuolumne Meadows or Bridalveil Creek?
Kim writes in: “My boyfriend and I are planning a trip up North to Yosemite in August. We would like to stop in mid-week (Tue/Wed) and stay a couple of nights til Thur. As you probably know, reservations by now are impossible to obtain. It’s probably a blessing, for we’d rather avoid the high-traffic, crowded,…
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Photo of the Day: Upper Yosemite Fall by Loyd Schutte
Today’s Photo of the Day is actually another one of my photos that I took last week. This one is a nice shot of Upper Yosemite Fall. There was a little bit of upper atmosphere clouds early in the morning so it made a nice even light on the fall that really brought out the…
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Dogwoods Are in Full Bloom
The Dogwoods are probably one of my favorite things about Yosemite and something I don’t like to miss. Here’s a photo taken just the other day for all of you that can’t make it out to see the beautiful display they’re putting on right now. For those of you that can, hurry. A few of…
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Can I fish in the Merced?
Rick writes in: “Going up for my second time and staying at house keeping for the first…. Is fishing in the merced allowed? are there fish? Just curious, friend wants to take gear and I dont want to lug it around for naught.” Actually fishing in the Merced is allowed and you’d think, for the…
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Dogwoods are out
I almost wrote about this a couple days ago but decided the dogwoods were still not really in nice bloom. Yesterday, though, it seemed explosive after Tuesday’s warm weather. I ran the Mirror Lake Loop this morning and the dogwoods are starting to come out pretty much everywhere (they’ve been slowly showing out there for…