Month: August 2009
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Photo of the Day (and a bit more) by Soulsurfer3 (Evan)
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot of a snowy Half Dome in black and white from Soulsurfer3 (Evan) on Flickr. Pretty sure I’ve posted some of Evan’s stuff before. All his photos are awesome. Don’t believe me? What – are you getting skeptical now? Check out this photo of Kauai. Told’ja so.…
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Who was John Conway?
Park visitors congregate at Glacier Point to enjoy the setting sun on Half Dome. Photo by Kwong Yee Cheng. Not many people know who John Conway was but if you’ve ever enjoyed the view from Glacier Point, the top of Half Dome, the Mist Trail or the Four Mile Trail he’s the man you should…
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Slow Traffic on Big Oak Flat Road
Travelers wait for construction crews to give the OK to proceed during road construction in Yosemite. Photo by Charles Turner. The Half Dome view parking lot will be closed the next few days as constructions crews repave the parking area. During that time traffic on Highway 120 (Big Oak Flat Road) into Yosemite Valley will…
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Smmmmokin!
So if you’ve been up to Yosemite the last few days and have been wondering why the Valley is so smokey @YosemiteScience has your answer. It’s the fire in La Brea. Smoke from the fire is drifting north over the mountains, into the Central Valley and up into Yosemite. Bleh. You can see the high-resolution…
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Morning Shot – Aug 12 2009
Today’s Morning Shot is a beautiful sunrise on Mono Lake by Brent Pearson. Brent said: “Decided to go out to Mono Lake and try a sunrise. The day before I went to the main Tulfa area and got some reasonable dawn shots, but I really liked this view near Rte 395. Dad piked out and…
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-11
Good morning and thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog – news, weather and information from http://www.yosemiteblog.com # Today's forecast for Yosemite Valley: Hot. High 97F. Mostly sunny with some clouds. Overnight lows around 68F. # @jpsgrfx Beautiful shots. in reply to jpsgrfx # Hey we're on FriendFeed too. Don't forget to add us! http://friendfeed.com/yosemiteblog # @mishalogvinov Just…
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Photo of the Day: Insanity by Hamza Lakhani
Although today was Tuesday it was my Monday after a long weekend and this photo just spoke to me. Every face in the photo tells a story. A story of desire, of weakness, of strength and determination and impatience. I like it. I like it a lot. Great shot, Hamza. Photo by Hamza Lakhani.
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Ansel Adams on Google Books
Photo: Ansel Adams: A Biography by Mary Street Alinder If you’ve got some time and want to skim through a good book but can’t get to the book store check out Google Books. Google Books has a bunch of books on Ansel Adams with all but a few chapters of the books missing (limited preview).…
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Half Dome 3:16 (video)
John Beede shot this great video of his run up Half Dome from the Valley floor. Total time to get to the top: 3 hours 16 minutes. Nice job, John.
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Climbing 101 (video)
I’m not the person to ask about climbing. Me and high places, well, we don’t get a long. But if you’re looking to get into climbing this video has some pretty good information for the beginner. (via kathytucker88)