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Photo of the Day: Half Dome 1991 by Brian Snelson
Well, it’s Monday and that means my little break is over. Today I’ve come across a really beautiful shot from Brian Snelson from way back in 1991 of Half Dome and the Merced River. Beautiful shot, Brian. Photo by Brian Snelson via Flickr.
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Yosemite Association Gives Web Cams New Home
I’ve had a bunch of emails today from people expressing their disdain for the disappearance of the Yosemite Association webcams. Not sure what was up I typed in the familiar URL and got a 404: Not Found. Wondering what was up I went to Yosemite.org and lo and behold, they’ve redesigned the site! If you…
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Photo of the Day: Poppies and Peaks by Garry Hayes
From the man who taught me that a rock is more than something your brother throws at you and geologists take no schist come two awesome photos for Photo of the Day. The first is, of course, poppies. The second Garry took along Highway 49 around Bagby (between Coulterville and Mariposa) and shows the top…
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Photo of the Day: Bridalveil Fall by Loyd Schutte
Today was a beautiful, beautiful day to be up in the park shooting that’s why Today’s Photo of the Day is none other than one of my own shots, this one of Bridalveil Fall. We were actually heading out of the park when I happened to see the perfect spot for this shot. Unfortunately we…
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Poppies Poppies Everywhere!
Cancel your plans for Sunday, skip out on church, grab your camera and head up Highway 140 because you’re not going to want to miss this. The photo you see has not been altered. The slopes of the Merced River canyon are covered in vibrant orange poppies. As the late Carl Sagan would say, “billions…
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Cedar Lodge Worker Missing After Car Tumbles Into Merced River
A search is on for the body of a missing Mariposa woman who was reported late to work last night at the Cedar Lodge just outside Yosemite. About 1A.M. this morning her vehicle was found in the Merced River between Savages Trading Post and Briceburg. Efforts to retrieve the vehicle were halted until this morning…
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Photo of the Day: Uh…Bigfoot Visits Yosemite
Hey everybody should Yosemite at least once in their life, right? Thank you, Steve who sent this in and Old Red Hat who has the lightning reflexes that screen shotted it before he took off after the guy with beef jerky. Photo by Old Red Hat.
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Hash Tag it
No, it’s not Yosemite Sam cursing up a storm it’s Twitter-speak. If you’re a Twitter user and you want to get my attention hash tag your tweet with #yosemiteblog or #yosemite. If you don’t know what Twitter is go to Twitter.com and check it out. I personally use Tweetdeck to maximize my information overload (a…
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Photo of the Day: An Old Bride and an Easter Egg from Yosemite Steve
Though it may look like a recent photo of Bridalveil Fall todays Photo of the Day was actually taken around 1914 and is part of the US Geological Surveys library of photos. The USGS library contains many interesting photos from all across the United States documenting the geologic and geographic features that make this country…
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Man Commits Suicide in Yosemite Following Court Sentencing
A 37-year-old man despondent over a February 18th federal court conviction committed suicide in Yosemite Monday night after plunging into the creek above Yosemite Falls. Connecticut Post: As of late Wednesday, park rangers had not found the body of David Zerbe, who recently received additional time from U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill to file…