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Photo of the Day: Mono Lake Tufa by JohnB49
I think what really captivated me with today’s Photo of the Day was the saturation of colors. I love shooting digital but sometimes I miss the saturation you get from color positive film. And, if you don’t know what I’m talking about the music is too loud and you’re too young. I’m going to turn…
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Yosemite Receives $5.8 million Check
What would you do with $5.8 million? That’s the question Yosemite National Park officials are asking themselves after the nonprofit Yosemite Fund presented them with a check for that amount Saturday. $5.8 million can do a lot. Already this year the Yosemite Fund paid for the rehabilitation of the Half Dome Overlook improving pedestrian and…
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Aliens Invade Tioga Pass errr…Maybe
“It appears, Captain. We’re dealing with a life form comprised of pure energy. Life without form or substance.” Ok, enough of the Trek talk. I happened to be checking the Yosemite association webcams to see if the Tioga Cam was cycling any images from today’s snowstorm and I caught this picture. Sure looks like an…
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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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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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Star Bright, Star Light, First Star I See Tonight
Photo courtesy NPS. One of the things I hear from people who’ve just experienced their first night in Yosemite is, “God I can’t believe how many stars there are here!” The stars are exactly the same as where you live, we just don’t have as much light pollution drowning out their light. In fact, Tuolumne…
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Dave Uberuaga Talks About the Big Meadow Fire
MyMotherLode.com got an interview with Dave Uberuaga the acting Superintendent of Yosemite National Park and asked him the questions on everyone’s mind, “why now?” Question: Why would you start a prescribed burn given the heat and the fact that California is now in the third year of a drought? Answer: “The drought in California was…
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-27
Good morning! Thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog – news and information about Yosemite National Park # Articles and photos are posted daily at http://www.yosemiteblog.com # @THEYosemiteBlog Photo doesn't do it justice–was super spectacular to see! The turnouts with views all had cars in (cont) http://tl.gd/egbr # @HotelCharlotte Nothing yet. in reply to HotelCharlotte # Highway 140…
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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.
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Rainy Day in Yosemite
Rare August rain in Yosemite. Captured from the live webcam in Ahwahnee Meadow. I really do think we’re going to see an early Autumn this year in the park. Already the nights have been cool enough some trees are starting to show yellowing.