A day at Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite. We start out at dawn at Omlsted Point looking towards Clouds Rest and Half Dome. As it gets lighter you are now at Tuolumne Meadows looking at Ragged Peak and then panning over to Lembert Dome and the Sierra Crest.
The day is finished with sunset at Tuolumne Meadows looking towards Unicorn and Cathedral Peak.
I hope you have your speakers turned on as the natural sounds of the birds and the deer crossing the water are quite amazing.
Some footage from Day 1 of their climb on El Capitan
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On June 9, Major Packer will begin to climb El Capitan, a mountain in Yosemite National Park, in the US, a sheer rock-face ascent of 3,000ft which will take between three and four days.
The ascent is the equivalent of 4,254 pull ups and Major Packer will be joined by leading climbers Andy Kirkpatrick, Ian Parnell and Paul Tattersall.
"I need to carry on going," Major Packer said. "I will be doing an equestrian challenge after this, getting on a horse for the first time with Jodie Kidd. I will be giving a lot of thought about what I'm going to do in the future and when I get to the top of El Capitan I'll know exactly what I'm doing and when."
Make sure you have the speakers turned onto for the thunder rolling through Yosemite Valley from the afternoon thunderstorm. Then check out the Azalea Garden in Yosemite Valley and you would not believe how good it smells.
The only problem with trying to capture the natural sounds in Yosemite is the noise from the Harley Davidson motorcycles. You can hear them for miles, ought to be a LAW! You have to always wait for the Harley's to roll by and be done with their noise
Imagine Yosemite Valley with no people, roads, Harley-Davidson 's, etc?? Take a hike down to Poopenaut Valley and you will be rewarded with a calm quiet experience.You can hear every bird, every ebb in the river, just nature.
You have to do a very steep hike downhill for 1.5 mile so the road is uphill and back behind a ridge so there are no road noises.
A heat wave has set in with temperatures forecast in the 90's for Yosemite Valley. The heat has really accelerated the snow melt making for some big water.
For the last 16 years, Marvin a employee at Wawona in Yosemite has whistled the Star Spangled Banner for the guests. It is piped into the Dinning Room and you can hear the applause at the end of the clip.
Ever wonder what the Mist Trail up to Vernal Falls in Yosemite was like? Take this POV video tour up to the top of Vernal Falls to see what it looks like.
The rain combined with the snow melt is producing huge runoff in the rivers and waterfalls making for a loud and spectacular show. The water is almost touching the bottom of several bridges and is flooding meadows. Campers close to the river have been moved to higher ground.
Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Concert featuring New York Violinist Lewis Wong. Works by Bach, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius and Dvořák's "New World" Symphony. The Great Lounge of the Ahwahnee Hotel, 4/26/09, Yosemite National Park.
Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite Valley on 4/16/09. With warmer temperatures in the forecast the waterfalls will really be putting on a show the next couple of weeks.
Yosemite Heritage Holidays has become a three-day tradition celebrating the glamour, style, frivolity and culture of the Roaring Twenties and beyond.
Yosemite Heritage Holidays activities range from Speakeasy entertainment and fashion shows to historic hotel tours and a Grand Ball, complete with 12-piece Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, dancing and performances by the Deco Belles professional dance troupe.
1 minute of the amazing display of poppies that have sprung up in last summers burn area on Hwy 140. This is between Yosemite and Mariposa on Hwy 140 next to the Merced River.
Yosemite Heritage Holidays has become a three-day tradition celebrating the glamour, style, frivolity and culture of the Roaring Twenties and beyond.
Yosemite Heritage Holidays activities range from Speakeasy entertainment and fashion shows to historic hotel tours and a Grand Ball, complete with 12-piece Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, dancing and performances by the Deco Belles professional dance troupe.
The Badger Pass Snow Report with information on season passes good for this spring and on upcoming events such as the Silver Ski Race and the Winter Carnival.
Horsetail Fall on the east side of El Capitan looks like molten metal as the rays of the day shine on it in February. Also known as Yosemite's natural firefall.
Music: "Oasis" by Jim O'Meally & Shawn Reeder courtesy of
ShawnReederMusic.com http://shawnreeder.com/
1 minute of very loud frogs in Yosemite. Not sure if there are really 1,000 frogs in this Yosemite pond but there are quite a few and they were very vocal. The weather has been extremely warm and this may turn out to be the driest January on record. Filmed in Foresta, Yosemite
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