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  • Storm Bringing Winds, Cooler Temps and Possible Thunderstorms to Yosemite

    A thunderstorm brews behind Half Dome. Photo by Mathew Grimm. The tail of a storm bringing showers and snow to parts of Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Wyoming bringing with it more winds and a slight chance of more showers. The storm is pulling unstable air in from the north bringing with it moisture and cooler…

  • 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…

  • The Benefits of Rain – Yosemite Falls Flowing Again

    Ominous looking thunderstorm over North and Half Dome. Photo by Jill. One good thing about the rain is it makes all the waterfalls flow again. Edie (@ambitious_wench) is reporting Yosemite Falls, Sentinel, Horsetail, Arches and a ton of other waterfalls are flowing again. I can already think of a few locations that’ll be nice to…

  • 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…

  • Yosemite Featured on New Quarter

    California’s quarter depicts naturalist and conservationist John Muir admiring Yosemite Valley’s monolithic granite headwall known as “Half Dome” and also contains a soaring California condor. The coin bears the inscriptions “California,” “John Muir,” “Yosemite Valley” and “1850”.Photo courtesy theUS50.com. Although it is already prominitely featured on the California state commemorative quarter, Yosemite will again be…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-09-02

    Good morning and thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog – news and information from http://www.yosemiteblog.com # Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday. It turned out to be an off the hook busy day. # You can tell it's September by watching the Yosemite webcams. Used to see Half Dome this early. Now I just see it's…

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-22

    Thanks for all the #ff recommendations and all the retweets. # http://twitpic.com/euuyn – Sunset at Half Dome from Yosemite's Glacier Point Friday night. (via @f_go) # It's raining. #

  • @TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-19

    Good morning and thanks for following @TheYosemiteBlog – news and information about Yosemite National Park from http://www.yosemiteblog.com # ✾ Photo of the Moonrise over Half Dome, Yosemite, California. http://twitgoo.com/2k4n9 (via @Californias) # Today's forecast for Yosemite National Park: Hot! High 100F. Low 65F. Bleh! # Things to do in Yosemite today: Find a nice shady…

  • New Moon on Thursday Means Perfect Conditions for Night Photography

    Star trails over Half Dome make for a beautiful and rarely captured scene. Photo by Sathish J.. So starting tomorrow night and continuing for the next few night the moon will be new, meaning you won’t be able to see it. This also means its light won’t interfere if you want to take long exposures…

  • Gigapixel Image Taken from the Diving Board

    Here’s another really cool find. A Gigapixel image of the North Face of Half Dome and Yosemite taken from the Diving Board, the place where Ansel Adams famous “Monolith” was shot. Yes, you can still get to the Diving Board and it’s a fairly easy hike from Yosemite Valley, much easier than climbing to the…