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Subject: Re: [OM] [IMGs] Yosemite gallery growing
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 07:05:52 -0400
Good work. I think my overall favorite is the second dam spill picture. 
Something about it. And in that last gallery, because of a discussion a day or 
so ago, I couldn't help but chuckle at the images of what I'm sure isn't 
referred to as "Codpiece Rock." <g>

--Bob


On May 26, 2011, at 12:43 AM, Moose wrote:

> I've finished up with images fro the first two days or our trip, specifically 
> Hetch Hetchy.  For those unfamiliar with 
> it and its history, it is another large, glacial valley in Yosemite NP, north 
> of Yosemite Valley. In a long, drawn-out 
> process involving protests from many, led by John Muir and others, San 
> Francisco ended up building a dam to fill the 
> lower part of the valley to provide water and power for SF. The curious may 
> read more starting here. 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Yosemite_area#Fight_over_Hetch_Hetchy_Valley>
> And here. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy_Valley>
> 
> Feeling that the valley had been ruined, I'd never been there, although I've 
> hiked in the upper part of its watershed, 
> near the Sierra crest. A couple of recent articles touting it now that the 
> hiking trail bridge at Wapama Falls has been 
> repaired led us to visit this month. The valley floor is indeed inundated, 
> but not to the height I had somehow imagined. 
> All the granite walls are still there to be viewed, and quite impressive. You 
> can see the extent of the flooding at this 
> interesting site. 
> <http://www.sierranevadaphotos.com/gallery/hetch_hetchy/hetch_hetchy_history.asp>
> 
> Now that I've been there, I agree that it shouldn't have been dammed. There's 
> a movement to undam it, capturing the 
> water farther downstream, but losing some of the power generating capacity. 
> Some good historical photos are here. 
> <http://www.hetchhetchy.org/>
> 
> Regardless of the dam and lake, it's still a visually wonderful place. Not up 
> to Yosemite Vally for sheer spectacle, but 
> well worth the visit. Although not much NE of Yosemite Valley, it's a bit 
> drier and there are fewer falls. Wapama Falls 
> is the most impressive. It's a five mile round trip, so I'm pretty sure I'm 
> not competing with Edward Weston. ;-) The 
> upper drop is slightly less impressive than Yosemite falls, as it is broken 
> into two parts. The lower falls is right up 
> there though, shooting out and down. Unlike Yosemite Falls, where all the 
> water from the lower basin surges out one way, 
> Wapama is more like a river delta, with many smaller falls boiling out over a 
> very broad expanse. The multi-part bridge 
> across that part is much longer than at Yosemite Falls. Very wet this time of 
> year.
> 
> I've given Wapama Falls its own sub-gallery. 
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Yosemite/Yosemite_2011/Hetch_Hetchy/Wapama_Falls>
> The only other named falls in the valley, Tueeulala Falls, three other 
> ephemeral falls that are quite strong this big 
> snow year and many seeps get a separate gallery. 
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Yosemite/Yosemite_2011/Hetch_Hetchy/Falls>
> 
> Even if you don't like flora and fauna images don't miss the image of the 
> Red-Tailed Moose. 
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Yosemite/Yosemite_2011/Hetch_Hetchy/Flora_and_Fauna&image=SAM_0352iamix.jpg>
> 
> If you are like Mike Johnston of TOP ". . . ubiquitous scenics that bore me 
> out of my mind.", that's probably more than 
> enough. If you enjoy beautiful scenics and some other interesting odds and 
> ends, including a v. rare from Moose B&W, the 
> rest of the images are here. 
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California/Yosemite/Yosemite_2011/Hetch_Hetchy/General>
> 
> Color Me Scenic Moose

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