Month: August 2009
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Highway 120 Still Closed Due to Wildfire – 140 & 41 Still Open
Highway 120 to Yosemite Valley is still closed tonight after the controlled burn in Big Meadow apparently got out of control and began heading up hill towards the Big Oak Flat Road. If you had planned on entering Yosemite from Groveland you’ll want to head down Highway 132 or Highway 49 to Coulterville and then…
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Morning Shot Aug 26 2009 – Smashing!
Destruction after the 1996 Happy Isles rock slide. Photo courtesy Garry Hayes. My good friend and former Geology Professor, Garry Hayes, was digging through a pile of slides in the Geology Department when he came across some from the 1996 Happy Isles rock slide. Garry posted a couple of the photos as well as a…
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-25
Happy Tuesday! Thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog. Ok. I'm done. Get me some more coffee. # If you're going hiking in Yosemite here's today's forecast: Sunny. Highs in the upper 80's to low 90s. Overnight lows around 51F. # @karenbraswell It was an evil trick to lure unsuspecting people like us into thinking it was an…
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BUSTED! I’m Not Even Going To Talk About It
Devastation created by a pot farm in a forest. Photo by robmcbell. The last time I posted anything about a pot bust in Yosemite I got about 15 emails. It seems lots of people love their pot and they don’t mind the damage it does to the National Parks. They wouldn’t care about the 400…
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American’s Spending Less Time Enjoying Their National Parks (video)
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FIRE! Don’t Worry It’s Under Control
A prescribed burn presents an eerie but somehow enthralling scene in Yosemite Valley. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne. If you’re in Yosemite or headed up that way you may notice some smoke and haze don’t worry though, it’s under control. The National Park Service has a prescribed burn slated to start in the morning in the…
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Photo of the Day: A Pictorial of Bridalveil Fall by Dgarvile
Today’s Photo of the Day I found really interesting because the way it was post processed. If you look very closely at the large image it’s very painter-like which adds an interesting touch to the image. Nice job. Photo by dgavrile.
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Morning Shot Aug 25 2009 – Moon Over Half Dome
Dave Miller from Bay Area Outdoors took this beautiful sunrise shot of the moon over Half Dome on his recent trek around the North Dome Loop. I really like the great colors in Dave’s photo. The different tones of blue and the complete blackness of the silhouette are awesome. Great shot, Dave. Today’s Forecast: Sunny.…
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A Bear Around Every Corner (video)
Here’s a really cool video of a bear that decided to model for a bunch of hikers the other day in Yosemite. He seems to be as interested in the crowd as they are in him. So the question is, what is he thinking? I’m going to say he’s looking at all the visitors with…
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-24
Good morning! Thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog – news and information from http://www.yosemiteblog.com # Trying out Brizzly.com # Tomorrow's Forecast for Yosemite National Park: Sunny and warm. Highs in the low 90s. Overnight lows around 63F. Some scattered clouds. #