Yosemite National Park

is one place that some of them consider "California's best kept secret." The place itself only attracts 130,000 visitors year round ting when in comparison to Yosemite National Park's 4 million. Although it may sound like a bleak place to go , it is full of natural wonders and geological secrets. This place is no other than Lava Beds National Monument where learning and exploring meet. It may sound as if it is a dangerous treacherous place to take us to, but there is no danger there at…

The Sierra Nevada is the longest mountain range in America and it lies partially within the parks. Along this range lies Mt. Whitney, at an elevated height of 14,491 feet and considered the tallest mountain within the lower United States. In Sequoia National Park, resides another prominent ridge of mountains called the Great Western Divide and it has been posed as the rival of the Sierran Crest. The topography and its gradual formation was the result of the uplift of the southern portion of the…

There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.” An example of his instrumental environmental activism is that he lobbied before Congress for the preservation of Kings Canyon National Park. Adams began involving himself in the Sierra Club and advocating(sv) for the improvement of national parks. Primarily,(ly) his were the first photographs used by the Sierra Club for environmental purposes. In 1968,(prep) he was awarded the Conservation Service Award for his influential(qa) and…

From teaching himself how to play the piano when he was twelve years old to becoming a photographer. If it wasn’t for a family trip to the Yosemite National Park in 1916 he would not have become passionate about what he was doing. He continues his passion for years and then in 1920, he spent the first of four summers as a custodian in Yosemite. After being there working he was given the opportunity by Harry Cassie Best to practice piano in the studio that he had. This is where he met his…

"Conservation means development as much as it does protection." Teddy Roosevelt stated this quote about conservation and protecting our wildlife. Scene teddy was a kid he always wanted to help keep nature. When Theodore Roosevelt passed the national reclamation Act in 1902, he took a stand, preserving our natural resources ,coal companies and miners opposed this act because it limited their projects. As a result Teddy established a federal government that managed the scale of water used.…

Ansel Easton Adams (Ansel Adams) April 22nd February 2, 1902 -1984. It was a famous scenery photographer, educator of photograph, and natural environment protector in the United States and the world in the twentieth Century, the founder of the famous "regional exposure law", and one of the f/64 groups who advocated "pure photography". Yunatimes: you may not have heard of this photographer, but you may have heard his famous saying. "We don't take a camera with a camera. We take the books you've…

This show was with Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston; together they made up Group f/64, which is an aperture setting. This group favored “pure or straight photography” instead of pictorialsm. In the fall of 1941, he began taking photographs of National Parks, Indian reservations as well as other locations for the Department of the Interior. They used mural-sized prints to decorate the department’s new building. In 1952, Adams along with a few others started the magazine…

rise, gradually, and three miles later it crosses an administrative boundary line. The ridge, which divides the Stanislaus River from the Tuolumne River, continues inside the Emigrant Wilderness Area. The roadless area is huge, and it adjoins Yosemite National Park. This is a place where hikers can exhaust themselves, and where they can recover and find peace among roly-poly mounds of granite. One brief trip, a traditional favorite among Pinecrest campers,…

Peaks Shenandoah National Park, in Virginia, protects over 19,000 acres of land, with more than 500 miles of trail, which include the 101 miles long Appalachian Trail. Admission is required at this national park however it is definitely worth it according to happy visitors. National Park, Shenandoah itself has about 60 wooded mountain peaks. Nearly the entire park is 2,000 feet above sea level. Along with hiking, people like to camp at Shenandoah, which requires a permit. The entire park itself…

creative and quality photos. Earlier in his childhood, Ansel Adam discovered his aspiration to photography during his family visits in Yosemite Valley. Armed with a Brownie box camera he took his first image of the Yosemite Valley and fell in love with the beauty of its natural landscape. Pursuing his desire in photography and to acquire a good quality photo of the Yosemite Valley he work in one of the Lodge…