Today was a beautiful, beautiful day to be up in the park shooting that’s why Today’s Photo of the Day is none other than one of my own shots, this one of Bridalveil Fall. We were actually heading out of the park when I happened to see the perfect spot for this shot. Unfortunately we [...]
Cancel your plans for Sunday, skip out on church, grab your camera and head up Highway 140 because you’re not going to want to miss this. The photo you see has not been altered. The slopes of the Merced River canyon are covered in vibrant orange poppies. As the late Carl Sagan would say, “billions [...]
A search is on for the body of a missing Mariposa woman who was reported late to work last night at the Cedar Lodge just outside Yosemite. About 1A.M. this morning her vehicle was found in the Merced River between Savages Trading Post and Briceburg. Efforts to retrieve the vehicle were halted until this morning [...]
Hey everybody should Yosemite at least once in their life, right? Thank you, Steve who sent this in and Old Red Hat who has the lightning reflexes that screen shotted it before he took off after the guy with beef jerky. Photo by Old Red Hat.
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Though it may look like a recent photo of Bridalveil Fall todays Photo of the Day was actually taken around 1914 and is part of the US Geological Surveys library of photos. The USGS library contains many interesting photos from all across the United States documenting the geologic and geographic features that make this country [...]
A 37-year-old man despondent over a February 18th federal court conviction committed suicide in Yosemite Monday night after plunging into the creek above Yosemite Falls. Connecticut Post: As of late Wednesday, park rangers had not found the body of David Zerbe, who recently received additional time from U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to file [...]
It’s been a little busy around here what with taking the dog to the vet last week and my anniversary so I totally missed the fact that the Ahwahnee may be shutting down for awhile to undergo earthquake retrofitting. In fact, it could be closed as long as TWO YEARS! Mercury News: On Wednesday, Yosemite [...]
I’ve always loved photos of El Cap with snow on top that’s why when I saw this one by lesoverstreet in the Yosemite Blog pool I had no doubt I would be picking it at one time or another for Photo of the Day. I’m not sure what it is but El Cap always seems [...]
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