May 17th, 2013 at 6:00PM: ™ Pacheco, Flickr
Just past the eastern terminus of the Tioga Pass, the entryway to Yosemite National Park, is the quietly beautiful Mono Lake. The area is unique due to its salinity and eerie tufa rock formations that jut out from the water, which give it a completely unreal appearance. Flickr user Pacheco took this amazing photo of the moonrise after a two-day mission to get the perfect ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo Of The Day: A Harvest Moonrise Over Mono Lake, California
May 17th, 2013 at 6:00PM: ™ Pacheco, Flickr
Just past the eastern terminus of the Tioga Pass, the entryway to Yosemite National Park, is the quietly beautiful Mono Lake. The area is unique due to its salinity and eerie tufa rock formations that jut out from the water, which give it a completely unreal appearance. Flickr user Pacheco took this amazing photo of the moonrise after a two-day mission to get the perfect ...Yosemite's Largest Glacier Has Stopped Advancing
Feb 12th, 2013 at 8:00AM: For years we've heard environmental scientists and researchers tell us how climate change is having a profound effect on glaciers across the globe. In many parts of the planet, increased temperatures have caused the giant sheets of ice to dramatically recede or disappear altogether. That process has now begun to take place in one of America's most iconic landscapes - Yosemite National Park.
...Video: One Day In Yosemite National Park
Feb 3rd, 2013 at 8:00AM: On June 26 of last year, 30 filmmakers descended on Yosemite National Park to take part in a very interesting project. They spread out across the park's 761,000 acres in an effort to capture the essence of a single day in that iconic place. They shot footage of the landscapes, wildlife, visitors and staff. They managed to record images from that day that were both sprawling in scope as well as ...
National Park Service Puts Permanent Caps On Half Dome Hikers
Jan 8th, 2013 at 8:00AM: Yosemite's Half Dome is one of the most popular and iconic sites in the entire U.S. National Park system. It is so popular in fact that in 2010 the Park Service was forced to institute a provisional set of guidelines that required hikers to have a permit before attempting to make the long trek to the top. Last week the NPS announced that the temporary system would now become permanent, limiting ...Yosemite Hantavirus Threat Continues To Spread, 230000 Visitors Possibly Exposed
Sep 14th, 2012 at 8:00AM: It continues to be bad news for the National Park Service as it struggles to deal with an outbreak of the hantavirus that was traced back to Yosemite National Park. The number of visitors who may have been exposed to the potentially deadly virus continues to rise dramatically and the NPS now says that it has alerted more than 230,000 people to the threat. That is significantly more than was ...Yosemite Hantavirus Threat Expands To 39 Countries
Sep 7th, 2012 at 8:00AM: Last week we told you about an outbreak of the Hantavirus in Yosemite National Park that resulted in the deaths of two people with a possible exposure to hundreds more. Now the true scope of that exposure is becoming more clear as the National Park Service has warned that as many as ten thousand people may be at risk. Worse yet, the NPS says that 2500 of those could be from up to 39 different ...Hantavirus In Yosemite National Park Results In Two Deaths
Aug 30th, 2012 at 8:00AM: The National Park Service is scrambling to deal with an outbreak of the deadly hantavirus in Yosemite National Park after two people who recently visited the region contracted the disease and died. So far there have been three confirmed cases of the virus and a fourth suspected case. Park officials fear that potentially hundreds of visitors may have been exposed, however, prompting them to release ...Google Street View Features California National Parks
Jul 31st, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Want to see Redwood National Park but don't have the time or money to make the trip? How about Yosemite or Death Valley? Thanks to the graciously, life-improving, expanding Internet, you can now take a stroll through five California national parks right on Google Street View. The Official Google Blog outlines this new step. While seeing these monumental landscapes in person cannot be ...Photo Of The Day: Stunning View Of Yosemite Valley
Jun 17th, 2012 at 6:00PM:
I may be in New York City today, but I've got the great outdoors on my mind. In my head I can almost see the towering mountains, smell the crisp scent of pine in the air and hear the faint whistle of birds off in the distance. So when I saw Flickr user oilfighter's photo of clouds breaking over Yosemite National Park, I knew I had to pick it. This magnificent capture of one of the world's most ...New Half Dome Permit System In Place For Yosemite
May 28th, 2012 at 8:00AM: This past Friday, just in time for the busy Memorial Day Weekend, the climbing cables were put in place on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, opening the door for hikers and backpackers to hit the iconic trail. The 16-mile round-trip trek includes a challenging scramble up the side of Yosemite's famous rock formation and eventually winds its way to the summit, some 8800 feet above sea level. ...Video: Yosemite In Timelapse
May 1st, 2012 at 8:00AM: Timelapse videos seem to be all the rage on the Internet these days but when they look as amazing as the one below, you can understand why. The 4 minute-44 second clip was shot in Yosemite National Park by filmmaker Shawn Reeder and it only serves to remind us just how beautiful that place actually is.
If you've never experienced Yosemite for yourself, there is no better time to go than in the ...
Number of permits for Yosemite's Half Dome could be cut
Feb 3rd, 2012 at 8:00AM: The number of permits available on a daily basis for Yosemite's popular Half Dome hike could be reduced in number starting next year – if a National Park Service proposal goes into effect. The move could be made in an effort to make the hike up the iconic mountain less crowded, and therefore safer, following the death of a hiker this past summer who fell while descending on the steep slopes. ...Yosemite National Park like you've never seen it before
Jan 24th, 2012 at 1:00PM:
While most people have seen beautiful photos of Yosemite National Park in California, there's nothing quite like watching the different aspects of a landscape as they shift and transform through timelapse video. Viewers get the chance to see moments that they would usually be asleep for, or that are too quick to be caught by the naked eye, like the Earth rotating over a lush valley, ...
Lack of snow brings rare opportunities in Yosemite National Park
Jan 15th, 2012 at 8:00AM: The calendar may say that its winter in the U.S., but you wouldn't know it based on the weather. Large portions of the country have experienced warmer than normal temperatures, and snowfall across the western states has been practically non-existent in many areas. This hasn't been especially good news to areas that depend on skiers to help bolster their local economy, but it has presented some ...Photo of the day: autumn colors in Virginia Canyon, Yosemite
Nov 9th, 2011 at 7:00PM:
For anyone who thinks the autumn colors don't show boldly outside of New England, just focus your eyes for a moment on this photo of Virginia Canyon in California. As part of Yosemite National Park, Virginia Canyon sees many travelers each years. Nonetheless, these autumn colors pop up on my radar less frequently than I wish they would. Having spent the last year in Austin, Texas, I miss the ...Yosemite climber rescued after losing his thumb
Oct 1st, 2011 at 8:00AM:
Earlier this week, search and rescue teams in Yosemite National Park were called into action, when a rock climber on El Capitan became stranded on the mountain after severing his thumb. Following the freak accident, the unnamed climber from Austria was unable to finish his ascent, and had to be removed from the rock face in a difficult helicopter rescue.
The man, and his partner, were ...Forest fires impact national parks
Aug 30th, 2011 at 9:00AM: While parts of the eastern United States continue to struggle with too much water in the wake of Hurricane Irene's passing, out west the dry conditions have led to forest fires that are having an impact on two of the nation's most popular national parks.
Late last week, a fire sparked up on the edge of Yosemite National Park when a motor home caught fire. The blaze quickly spread to the ...Hiker falls to her death in Yosemite National Park
Aug 3rd, 2011 at 9:00AM: Over this past weekend, a hiker in Yosemite National Park fell to her death while descending from Half Dome, one of the park's more iconic landmarks. This latest fatality is the 14th this year in Yosemite, a park that is amongst the most popular in the entire U.S. system.
According to this report from the Associated Press, early in the day Sunday, 26-year old Haley LaFlamme and three of her ...Half Dome cables in place in Yosemite
Jun 26th, 2011 at 8:00AM: The most iconic hike in Yosemite National Park opened this past week when the Park Service announced that the cables are now in place on Half Dome, the giant slab of granite that is one of the most recognizable landmarks in that park.
During the summer months, the Half Dome hike has become a popular draw for Yosemite, so much so that permits are now required to make the 16-mile round trip hike ...Ten Can't Miss Hikes Courtesy of the National Parks Foundation and Merrell
Jun 4th, 2011 at 8:00AM: Just in time for National Trails Day, the National Parks Foundation and outdoor gear company Merrell, have announced their ten "can't miss" hikes for the summer ahead. As you can imagine, each of these trails can be found inside a national park, and each makes for a fantastic experience guaranteed to wow outdoor enthusiasts and casual trekkers alike.
The ten trails are located in a variety of ...
