Year: 2007
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Rangers Bust Marijuana Growers
On Monday Yosemite National Park Rangers, in cooperation with the Mariposa County Sheriffs Office, the Army National Guard, and the California Department of Justice, raided 3 illegal marijuana growing sites inside park boundaries seizing an estimated $22 million in mature plants. NPS: “The illegal cultivation sites bore the characteristics of a Mexican drug trafficking enterprise,…
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Body of Missing Hiker Found
The body of missing hiker Ottorina Bonaventure has been found in the Yosemite southwest of Tuolumne Meadows in the Echo Creek drainage. Yuba Net: “The search for a missing woman in Yosemite National Park ended on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 when her body was located in the Echo Creek drainage, a rugged wilderness area southwest…
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Save Water. It’s a Good Idea
This years drier than normal winter means water is in short supply this summer. In several areas flush toilets have been already replaced by portolets in an effort to conserve water. If you’re going to be staying in Yosemite over the next couple of months here’s how you can do your part to help conserve.…
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Photo of the Day: Mirror Lake by Rickz
I originally found Rick’s photos through Flickr but when I read his profile page I found a link to his Pbase gallery and a world of wonder opened up. Such great photos; I knew this one had to be Photo of the Day. Rick’s got a bunch more awesome photos up on Pbase. If you’d…
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Smoke In The Air
Trying to get more information whether this is a controlled burn or not. Stay tuned. More info as I get it. UPDATE: Ok. Evidently this is smoke from that huge fire burning down by Santa Barbara being carried through high level winds up the Sierra. A high pressure system is keeping the smoke from dissipating…
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome by David Preston
Today’s Photo of the Day is you may remember me pointing to a couple of years ago as being one of my favorite shots of Half Dome. Shot by David Preston, it’s a wonderful photo of a gauzy veil of clouds around Half Dome. Spectacular! Be sure to check out the rest of David’s photos.…
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Photo of the Day: Springtime in Yosemite by Jared Kelly
Today’s Photo of the Day is an awesome shot of Nevada Fall in it’s full springtime splendor. Great shot, Jared. Photo by Jared Kelly via Flickr.
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Perseids Make for a Great Show This Weekend
Headed up to the park this weekend? Stay up late and watch the Perseid meteor shower. The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to be at its best this year, producing one or two meteors per minute during its peak hours Sunday night and early Monday morning. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through…
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What’s In My Bag
People often ask me what I carry when I go shooting. Although this photo is kind of old and I have updated to a 5g iPod and a 15″ Powerbook and added a few more lenses this is still pretty much what goes with me. (Click on the image to see a larger image with…
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Photo of the Day: Hiker Near Lower Yosemite Falls by Loyd Schutte
In celebrating my birthday today’s Photo of the Day is one of my favorite photos from my collection. I shot this early one spring morning. I’m not sure who the guy in the photo is. He just happened to be in the right place at the right time. If you have photos you’d like to…