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  1. “Tuolumne River, Dusk” — Dusk light on the Tuolumne River and Meadow, Lembert Dome, and the Sierra crest.

    Photographing in the morning and evening twilight can be a bit of a crapshoot. The light can be soft yet intensely colorful… or it can simply fade away to gray. Familiarity with the patterns of clouds and light can improve the odds, but you still have to head out there and take advantage of whatever happens. That was my plan on this late-August evening when thin clouds stretched across the sky, presenting the possibility of colorful light.

    continue: gdanmitchell.com/2026/09/10/tu

    #sierranevada #yosemite #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature

  2. Because EVERTHING We the People Have is For Sale so he adds more #billions - #Trump admin has proposed #selling part of #Yosemite National Park in #California to a private #developer, according to federal officials. Las Vegas-based company wants 2 build a road and develop two 40-acre parcels near the park, according to documents submitted to #Congress this year & reviewed by The NYT. #corruption #billionaires #conservation #nationalparks #wildlife #law #maga #politics #environment #parks

  3. Developing the #land would require #environmental #destruction that runs counter to the #NationalPark Service’s mission, he said.
    
“They need to be prioritizing #conservation, not helping to bulldoze land, cut down towering #trees & construct a luxury development that’s going to harm #Yosemite,” Desai said.

    Yosemite is the fifth-most-visited #NationalPark, & is renowned for its #mountains & #waterfalls.

    #Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #wildlife #nature #Landmark #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  4. Planning a U.S. National Park trip? 🌲🇺🇸
    If you don't have a U.S. passport, the price just went up. Cap Puckhaber breaks down the new "America First" fees. Full guide here: thehikingadventures.com/nation
    #NationalParks #Travel #Yosemite #Zion #CapPuckhaber #Hiking #Backpacking #Camping

  5. "Valley of the Yosemite," Albert Bierstadt, 1864.

    Prussian-born Bierstadt (1830-1902) became one of America's most acclaimed artists for his visual chronicles of the American West, in a time before it was opened up by railways.

    He studied painting in the Dusseldorf school, then joined the Hudson River School before taking his first journey west in 1859. From then on, he became famous for his paintings of the untouched frontiers to the west, most of which were fairly romanticized, but at the same time, he was trying to preserve an idea of what the land was like before the influx of travelers, as railroads were built.

    He had a lot of commercial success, but after the Civil War ended, his work began to be viewed as overly theatrical, and by the 1890s he had fallen out of favor; a fire in his studio destroyed a number of his paintings as well. When he passed away he was nearly forgotten.

    In the 1960s, though, he was rediscovered, & there's still some controversy...some still regard his work as "soulless" and overly theatrical and romantic, while others view his work as supporting the early conservation movement and the creation of the national park system. I kinda like the romanticism myself.

    From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    #Art #AlbertBierstadt #HudsonRIverSchool #Yosemite #Luminism #Landscape #ROmanticism