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Big Meadow Fire Update – Closures and Alternate Routes
NPS road block at the 120/140 Junction in Yosemite Valley. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne. Yesterday afternoon, significant fire activity was seen near Tamarack Flat with spotting across the Tioga Road. Air tankers and helicopters attacked these areas aggressively with water and retardant drops. The Tioga Road remains closed from Crane Flat to White Wolf. There…
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A Birds Eye View of the Big Meadow Fire
Edie from over at LittleRedTent.net just posted this awesome satellite image on Flickr showing the Big Meadow Fire in Yosemite. It gives you a pretty good idea of what’s burnt.
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How Low Can You Go
A helicopter hovers over the Merced River by El Portal siphoning up water to drop on the Big Meadow Fire. Photo by Jessica Merz. Wow this pilot has some serious cajones. He is right down in the river. I bet his feet got wet.
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Photo of the Day: Dusk at Sunrise by Taylor Davis
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot of sunset at Sunrise High Sierra Camp from Taylor Davis. What I really like about this shot are the tones and great colors. Very nice. Great shot, Taylor. Hey if you think this shot is awesome you should see the rest of Taylor’s photos. You can…
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Photo of the Day: Rockscape by Tom Grubbe
To try to keep with some normalcy amid all the fire stuff I decided to get back to posting a Photo of the Day. Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot of Lembert Dome and some glacial erratic captured by Tom Grubbe. If you’d like to see more of Tom’s photography be sure…
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Pretty Cool Ride
An United States Search and Rescue van seen in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Patrick. I didn’t know there was a United States Search and Rescue. I wonder if this is a post 9/11 thing. Either way, pretty cool van. Imagine taking the family camping in that thing. Does YOSAR (Yosemite Search and Rescue) still…
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Big Oak Flat Road Still Closed – Alternate Routes to Yosemite Valley
Clouds of smoke billow into Yosemite Valley. Photo by Michael Heilemann of Binary Bonsai. Highway 120 from Crane Flat to the junction of Highway 120/140 in Yosemite Valley is still closed due to the fire. If you’re coming from San Francisco or Sacramento and your destination is Yosemite Valley, you’ll want to continue down Highway…
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Ahwahnee to Reopen Tomorrow at 4PM
The Ahwahnee Hotel. Photo by sevenblock. The National Park Service has given the OK for the Ahwahnee to reopen tomorrow, August 28th at 4:00 p.m. After a geologic assessment of the area today, the decision was made to reopen the Ahwahnee at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, Friday, August 28. This opening is contingent on no further…
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Got Photo or Video of the Ahwahnee Slide or Big Oak Flat Road Fire?
If you’ve got photos or video of the Big Oak Flat Road fire or the Ahwahnee Rockslide and you’d like to share them you can email me the photos or video or a link if you have them hosted online. Be sure to send your Web site’s URL so I can properly attribute them to…
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More Shots of the Big Oak Flat Road (Big Meadow) Fire
Here’s another shot of the Big Oak Flat Road (Big Meadow) Fire from Flickr. Looks like the fire is cleaning up all the old snags and thick brush in the old A Rock fire burn scar. All photos by iaml33t.