Month: June 2009
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Photo of the Day: El Capitan Cloud Cap, Yosemite National Park by Tyler Westcott
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot from Tyler Westcott of El Capitan and clouds in black and white. This is an AWESOME shat and would look great hanging in any den. Hopefully Tyler will get this up in his Imagekind gallery so all of you that would like a print can purchase…
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Wawona Campground Opens
The repaving project has been completed and the Wawona Campground is now open.
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Ranger Saves Lives of Yosemite Visitors
On May 26, 2009, Yosemite National Park Ranger Dan Abbe was flagged down by park visitors on his way to work in Yosemite Valley. Abbe was traveling on the Wawona Road and entered the pullout about 2.5 miles south of the Wawona Tunnel. He was informed that there was a vehicle over the side of…
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Video: Hang Gliding over Yosemite Valley by Ryan Goebel
Yosemite, Glacier Point from Ryan Goebel on Vimeo. Here’s a really cool hang gliding video from Ryan Goebel on Vimeo. Great stuff Ryan.
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A New Diversion: Video
I’ve got a couple video cameras lying about and I’m making a conscious effort to use them more. That being said, you can check out our videos on YouTube by visiting: http://www.youtube.com/YosemiteBlog. Right now you can see some test video I shot from the iPhone 3G S and a couple short clips I shot on…
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Ribbon Fall: It’s Still There But Probably Not for Long
If you’re a denizen of Yosemite like I am then you’re probably pretty familiar with Ribbon Fall. Where is it? Well if you’re standing and looking at Bridalveil Fall on the Southside Drive simply turn around and it’ll be a little to the left of El Capitan. Ribbon Fall is a seasonal waterfall fed by…
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It’ll Make You Want to Play Hookie
You gotta love the stuff the folks over at OpenRoad.tv are putting out. Here’s a 1 minute video that’ll make you want to call in sick and go to Yosemite.
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Wildflowers on Glacier Point Road
Someone asked me on Twitter about wildflowers on the Glacier Point Road and I said I hadn’t heard anything. Well today I went and looked. The flowers are just starting in the meadows and should be in full bloom by the end of the week. There’s also lupine and poppies along the roads at all…
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A Minute in Yosemite
While not kid wrangling today I got a couple minutes to shoot some video on my MinoHD. Really we were testing out a couple things on the iPhone 3G S but I love my Mino. They’re great little video cameras with pretty awesome quality. Watch the HD version and you’ll see. HQ version has artifacts…
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Photo of the Day: Valley Storm by Nathan Eaton Jr.
I promised all the people on Twitter that tonight’s Photo of the Day was beautiful and it is. Nathan Eaton Jr. took this beautiful shot from Valley View of storm clouds breaking behind Bridalveil and El Capitan. Awesome shot, Nathan. Thanks for adding it to the Yosemite Blog Flickr Group Pool. By the way, Nathan’s…