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Backyard Views: Yosemite National Park and The Sierra Nevada

37 images Created 27 May 2020

This is an evergreen collection of some of my current favorite images from "my backyard" on Sierra Miwok lands: Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada mountains ... featuring the Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite Falls, El Capitan (El Cap) (To-tock-ah-noo-lah), Sentinel Rock, Merced Grove, Great Grey Owl, Half Dome, Merced River, Cathedral Peak, etc.

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  • El Capitan is reflected in the Merced river in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, on Friday, November 11, 2020.<br />
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Tracy Barbutes (@tracybarbutes) is a visual journalist and writer based near Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • A park visitor takes a photo along the Merced river in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, on Friday, November 11, 2020.<br />
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Tracy Barbutes (@tracybarbutes) is a visual journalist and writer based near Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Paddlers move along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. The park, closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic since March 20, 2020, re-opened to the public today with limited services.<br />
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In accordance with guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local public health authorities, Yosemite National Park is open with limited services and facilities to those with day-use reservations, reservations for in-park lodging or camping, and wilderness or Half Dome permits.<br />
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Details and updates on park operations and services will continue to be posted on the park’s official website at www.nps.gov/yose.
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  • Great Grey Owl, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • A Great Grey Owl takes flight in Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Merced Grove, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Frost on leaves in El Cap Meadow, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Exterior view of the Ahwahnee Hotel and pine tree, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • El Capitan (El Cap) as seen from the Taft Point Area, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Storm clouds surround Sentinel Rock in Yosemite Valley, California. Tracy Barbutes (@tracybarbutes) is a visual journalist and writer based near Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Yosemite National Park's El Capitan (El Cap) pops through winter storm clouds during a December storm.
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  • Winter near Crane Flate, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Trees on a Half Dome cliff, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • Cloud over Boundary Peak on the California-Nevada border.
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  • Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, Friday, December 6, 2019.
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  • Coyote in Stoneman Meadow, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, Sunday, January 13, 2019.
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  • A male Pileated woodpecker, searches for food in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, on Friday, November 11, 2020.<br />
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Tracy Barbutes (@tracybarbutes) is a visual journalist and writer based near Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • A male Pileated woodpecker searches for food in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, on Friday, November 11, 2020.<br />
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Tracy Barbutes (@tracybarbutes) is a visual journalist and writer based near Yosemite National Park, California.
    Pileated Woodpecker, Yosemite.jpg
  • Moonrise over El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California
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  • A full moon rises over El Capitan (El Cap) and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California, on Sunday, January 4, 2015.
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  • Afternoon light shines through clouds on El Capitan (El Cap) and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California
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  • Yosemite Chapel, Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • The Merced River crested overnight, saturating meadows in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California, on Monday, January 9, 2017. The park  is expected to reopen to visitors tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.
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  • Chris Lowe, Yosemite National Park Valley Fire engineer, tosses a log into the Merced River at the Valley View parking area in Yosemite National Park, California, on Monday, January 9, 2017. The river crested overnight, leaving debris along roads and parking areas. Yosemite Valley is expected to reopen to visitors tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m.
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  • A man boulders near Turtleback Dome in Yosemite National Park, California, with El Capitan (El Cap) and Half Dome in the background.
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  • Taft Point, El Cap and Yosemite Valley as seen from the Taft Point Area in Yosemite National Park.
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  • Lembert Dome views, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, on October 23, 2016.
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  • Late afternoon light creates a golden glow on El Capitan (El Cap) and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California
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  • Autumn in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
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  • A rare quiet moment in Yosemite Valley on a Saturday afternoon, Yosemite National Park, California. Tracy Barbutes (@tracybarbutes) is a visual journalist and writer based near Yosemite National Park, California.
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  • President Barack Obama delivers brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
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  • President Barack Obama delivers brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
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  • President Barack Obama delivers brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California on Saturday, June 18, 2016.<br />
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As America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of our national park system this year, the President and the First Family traveled to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico and Yosemite National Park in California.
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  • President Barack Obama waves to a crowd after delivering brief remarks at the Sentinel Bridge Parking Lot at Cook's Meadow in Yosemite National Park, California on Saturday, June 18, 2016.
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  • Several signs block the entrance to California's Yosemite National Park Big Oak Flat entrance on Thursday, April 30, 2020. The park has been closed since March 20, 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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