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  • What If There Were No Bears In Yosemite?

    A mother black bear (sow) and her cubs in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Steve Ryan. We don’t think much about our bears until they’re breaking into your car or stealing food off your picnic table. But what if there were no bears left in Yosemite? What if this wondrous part of Yosemite, the icon…

  • Shifted and Tilted

    I’ve always found Tilt Shift Photography to a bit magical. You take a regular photo and through something as simple as blurring areas to imitate changes in depth of field, create a photo where everything looks like a miniature. Here’s a photo from Cdine on Flickr of the long tunnel on the Big Oak Flat…

  • Morning Shot – Aug 17 2009

    Today’s morning shot is sunset shot of Half Dome taken from Olmstead Point by KoKong 果剛. I really like the colors and the low hanging clouds that really add drama to the photo. Great shot! Today’s Forecast for Yosemite Valley: Hot. High around 94. Overnight lows around 52F. Definitely a fall day in California. Can…

  • This Just In: Curry Village Guest Lounge Now Has WiFi!

    I am needs moar wifi. Photo by Davezilla. @lindermichael: Breaking news…Curry gets WIFI in the guest lounge. NICE!

  • Photo of the Day: 0949 Cathedral Peak by Thom Schroeder

    So I was looking for a morning shot and I noticed that our good friend Thom Schroeder had dropped this one in the Yosemite Blog Group Pool on Flickr and though, “WOW! That’s a beautiful shot. It’s got to be Photo of the Day.” Beautiful shot, Thom. Hey if you’d like to join the Yosemite…

  • Morning Shot – Aug 15, 2009 Bridgy

    Melisslissliss on Flickr recently went backpacking into the Ansel Aams wilderness. Along the way she crossed over this awesome bridge in the back country. Photo by Melisslissliss. Today’s Forecast: Partly cloudy. Highs around 89F. Overnight lows around 59F. Looks like another picture perfect day in Yosemite.

  • Morning Shot – August 14 2009

    Today’s awesome Morning Shot is a beautiful shot down the ridge of the Mathes Crest near the Cockscomb (very distinct looking peak in the foreground) by Taylor Davis. I love the way the clouds add dimension to the shot. It’s almost like sizing plants small to large to make a Japanese Tea Garden to give…

  • Wet a Line in Yosemite

    Releasing a small rainbow in the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Photo by Volker Neumann. Many visitors to Yosemite look at the nearly dry waterfalls and slow flowing rivers of late summer and think what a shame it is to have missed the grand floods of spring. Not fly fishermen though, for us late summer…

  • Want some fun? Ride the Rails!

    An old steam powered logging train takes visitors on a 4 mile ride through the beautiful Sierra Nevada just outside Yosemite National Park. Photo by Dale Carlson. If you’re coming up to Yosemite this weekend for the free entry weekend and want something to do why not ride the rails? The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine…

  • Come See John Muir

    Lee Stetson portrays John Muir, possibly one of the most influential men in the history of the United States. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne. It’s not every day you get to meet one of the most influential people in the history of the United States. The Mariposa Museum and History Center will be presenting John Muir…