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Lightning Sparks fire Along Tuolumne
Union Democrat: A fire in Yosemite National Park’s rugged Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River, in Tuolumne County, was sparked by lightning Wednesday night. By noon on Thursday, the fire had spread to 303 acres, Yosemite officials said. The fire, dubbed the Wildcat Fire, is burning on the north side of the Tuolumne River, between…
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Vacation
School will start soon and my wife will be back at work so we’re taking the next couple of days to spend some quality family time together. Posting and twittering will be light but we’ll return to our normal schedule next week. Thanks for reading Yosemite Blog! We appreciate everyone who visits our site and…
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Morning Shot
Digital cameras have done one thing, they’ve made everyone a photographer. Unfortunately, they’re all trying to get the same shot (usually one they saw in a book at Barnes and Noble). Sathish has his own ideas and is not afraid to pursue them. Today’s Morning Shot is a beautiful HDR Sathish made from 5 images…
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Send Us Your Stuff
Hey all you NPS and DNC employees and not to forget local businesses. Did you see something interesting in the park? Grab a photo of it with your phone? Is your business having a noteworthy event that you would like to tell everyone (yosemite community and visitors alike) about? If you’ve got news we want…
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Now THAT’s Camping
Here’s a TwitPic from Mike Linder (@lindermichael) that was making the rounds this morning. Yes, this is Curry Village. No, not every cabin has it’s own pool or Japanese hanging lanterns.
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Morning Shot July 27 2009 (It’s a short week!)
Today’s awesome Morning Shot provided by Ben Metcalfe. Today’s Morning Shot is a beautiful shot of the Tufa at Mono Lake with the Sierra as the back drop. To me it sums up everything I think of when someone mentions Mono Lake. If you’ve never been there, it’s really worth the trip. It’s a couple…
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Morning Shot July 24 2009
Today’s beautiful Morning Shot by Alan Grinberg. Check out Alan’s photos at AlanGrinberg.com Today’s Weather: HOT – but cooler than last week at this time. Highs in the mid-90’s. Overnight lows around 65F. Chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. If you’re headed up to the high country expect it to be 10-15 degrees cooler with…
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Photo of the Day: Sunrise on Young Lake by Sathish
So we started the morning with the Morning Shot from Sathish and we’re ending it with an evening shot from Sathish as the Photo of the Day. This beautiful shot is titled Sunset on Young Lake and is a fitting counterpart to this morning’s Sunrise on Young Lake. To me the two kind of tell…
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Yosemite Visitor Rescued From TIny, Tiny Ledge
They say, “what goes up, must come down” unfortunately sometimes getting down requires the aid of a helicopter, 3 bolts, long ropes and a team Search and Rescue personell. National Parks Traveler: Park dispatch received a cell phone call from climber Daniel Susman around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15th, in which Susman reported that…
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Morning Shot July 23 2009
Today’s Morning Shot was going to be my pick for Photo of the Day last night but it’s such a great morning photos I just had to make it the Morning Shot. You definitely need to go read Sathish’s commentary about how he made this beautiful image. As I waited, the blissful scene slowly unfolded…