Search results for: “El Cap”
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Photo of the Day: Half Dome Yosemite by Bob (aka Go2Bob on Flickr)
Today’s Photo of the Day is a really nice shot of Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point captured by Bob (aka Go2Bob on Flickr). Great shot Bob. Photo by Bob (aka Go2Bob on Flickr) via Flickr.
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Adams Yosemite
There’s a really cool interactive over at the New York Times that shows 9 different Ansel Adams photographs and where they were taken in relation on a map of the park. The interactive is part of an article the times ran a few days ago called “What Adams Saw Through His Lens“. New York Times:…
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Photo of the Day: Steves Rock by Susanne Friedrich or A White Box
Today’s Photo of the Day I really really wanted to post but the author has their permissions set so that I can’t. Nevertheless, I’m not going to let that deter me. Instead I’ll put up a white box. I’ll describe it since you can’t see it, it’s a rock…and it’s at Olmstead Point…it’s colored and…
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Photo of the Day: Observation by Upshift
Today’s Photo of the Day isn’t actually OF Yosemite but something that’s a part of Yosemite’s history, one of the old railway cars that used to bring visitors into the park. Upshifts caption reads: “NILES CANYON, CA — The historic Yosemite Valley #330 Observation Car. Built in 1907, it is one of the more historic…
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The Return of Photo of the Day
You may have notice I haven’t been doing any Photo of the Day’s for the past few weeks. Don’t worry I didn’t do away with it. It just went on a short break until spring came and more photos started pouring into the pool. Now that Photo of the Day is back from hiatus why…
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Got Snow Shoes? Go For a Walk!
With all this new snow lots of trails are closed. So what’s one to do? The Sierra Star had a great article today for a winter snowshoeing trip that sounds like a great adventure for everyone family. Sierra Star: “What does one do with a new pair of snowshoes? First you find a buddy with…
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Park History Project
Yosemite National Park Announces Launch of Oral History Project Participants sought for recorded sessions to document Yosemite area history currently titled “I Remember Yosemite…” Yosemite National Park has launched a multi-year oral history project to capture the stories of people who have helped shape, and whose lives have been shaped by, one of the nation’s…
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Photo of the Day: Moon Light over Half Dome by Ozcan Durgun
I saw this photo in the sidebar this morning and thought “WoW! What a beautiful shot!” So here it is, today’s Photo of the Day, Moon light over Half Dome. I love the caption below the photo too. Totally sounds like something I’d do: “My wife and I were walking back from Mirror Lake to…
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20 miles from the nearest plowed road
From the Tuolumne winter rangers — Wildlife: We had quite the wildlife sighting last Friday, as we got to watch a pine marten (a large member of the weasel family) try to catch a White-tailed Jackrabbit during the height of the snowstorm. The scene seemed to unfold in slow motion, as neither animal was able…
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Good things happen on Half Dome
Back in June, I brought my Sony video camera on the Half Dome hike. I got about an hour of good footage. The highlight was the chance capture of a marriage proposal of hikers Kevin to Ryanna while on the visor. I filmed the 3-minute encounter and later met them and gave them a copy…