Category: video
-
Don’t Miss An Episode: Watch the Ken Burns Special Online
If you missed last nights episode or Sunday night’s premier of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea and you didn’t get it your TiVo set in time don’t worry, you can still watch it online. Each of the six episodes, deleted scenes and some untold stories are available on PBS.org. Better hurry though, the videos…
-
Another Awesome Hang Gliding Video
Aww man. I was going to post this really awesome hang gliding video but the owner has it set so you can’t post it but on certain domains. Too bad. Here’s a link instead. It has nothing to do with Yosemite but it’s a great video just the same. Probably the best I’ve seen.
-
Best Intentions: Learning About Fire in Yosemite (video)
In the wake of the recent Big Meadow Fire people have a lot of questions about fire and the way it’s used in National Parks. Here’s a great video about early park managers and how they discovered the importance of fire the hard way, and see how today’s managers carefully manage fire in Yosemite. Total…
-
Well What Do You Know (video)
Meet Bret Meldrum, he’s a Social Scientist. I know, I know, what the hell is that? Social Scientists are one of the newest branches of the NPS whose job is to find out as much as possible about who is using the park and how. Watch this great video and you may end up knowing…
-
Front Row Center The Ahwahnee Rockslide (video)
Paul Deutsch sent me a link to this video he shot while on vacation in Yosemite. He was just leaving the Ahwahnee restaurant when the rock slide a few weeks ago released. Pretty cool video. Thanks for sending it in Paul.
-
Big Meadow Fire Webcam Timelapse (video)
Last video not dramatic enough for you? Mymotherlode took all the webcam images and put them to a music score. Pretty cool! Photo by Mymotherlode.com.
-
Big Meadow Fire from Turtleback (video)
The fire is visible from almost everywhere in the park. Here a visitor stopped beside turtleback dome and caught some video of the fire on the ridge across the river. This really puts into perspective where the fire is. Video by VaskoTV.
-
Rock Fall in Yosemite (video)
Still waiting to see if anyone happened to grab their video camera and capture the rockfall behind the Ahwahnee but here’s a video from the 2008 rockfall that decimated part of Curry Village as seen from a climbers perspective almost directly across from the release point.
-
American’s Spending Less Time Enjoying Their National Parks (video)