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Tsunami Slams Into National Park on Samoan Island
Ofu beach part of National Park of American Samoa. Photo courtesy of National Park Service. Shortly before 7 a.m. yesterday morning, an earthquake with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3 struck 120 miles from American Samoa, a U. S. territory with a population of approximately 65,000 people. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that…
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Winter Closings
Crane Flat store will close for the 2009 season after business on Sunday, October 4, 2009. DNC is performing a construction project which involves updating the Crane Flat facility to ADA standards. Exterior and interior work will impact store operations and public access. The store will re-open by March 26, 2010. Fuel services will not…
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Here Comes Fall
If you were in the park (or Northern California for that matter) today you may have noticed it was a little on the nipply side as a low pressure brought with it cooler temperatures, wind and some showers. The low pressure is expected to hang around this week bringing cooler temperatures to the Sierra through…
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More Falling Rocks in Yosemite
Looks like there was another rock slide this morning, this time behind the new housing just west of Curry Village between 5 and 7 a.m. No injuries or damage were reported. Merced Sun Star: Campers and staff at Yosemite National Park woke to the rumblings of a small rock fall this morning in the Curry…
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Going Fishing
President Obama fishing on the Gallatin River in Montana showing his excitement after ALMOST hooking a fish. Photo courtesy the White House. Man even this guy gets to go fishing more than I do. What’s up with that?
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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…
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Photo of the Day: Tufa Cathedral by Kirk Howard
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Photo of the Day so I felt it perfectly fitting that this beautiful shot of the tufa at Mono Lake from Kirk Howard should herald the return of the Photo of the Day. I used to have a large photo print on my wall of a seascape…
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Commemorating the Event
Kirk Howard was on Twitter with us Sunday night for the premier of the Ken Burns special on PBS and got so excited by the special he just had to go and post this awesome photo on Flickr to commemorate the experience. Beautiful shot, Kirk. Photo by Kirk Howard.
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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.
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Planning on coming to Symbiosis next year? Leave Drugs at Home
The recently held Symbiosis event (think Burning Man in the mountains) held at Camp Mather turned out to not be fun for everyone as rangers busted 23 event participants for drugs and even tazered one. NPS Morning Report: “Over the six-day period from September 17th to September 22nd, there was a significant increase in drug-related…