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Muir Trail going up in smoke along Sunrise Creek. Found these on Flickr, where you can find larger versions - not my photos:


Glacier Point Yosemite Fire by Darvin Atkeson, on Flickr


Glow behind Half Dome - Yosemite National Park by Darvin Atkeson, on Flickr


Beautiful Destruction - Half Dome by Darvin Atkeson, on Flickr

Wow! I wish my eyes saw views the way these photographs look. The pictures are so crisp and colored perfectly.

(I know I am creeping off-topic)

What sort of equipment takes pictures this fabulously???

simple recipe:

recent mid to high end full frame DSLR or high end compact mirrorless camera (e.g. Sony A7), good glass (i.e. can cost more than camera), a TRIPOD in this case. Then you need to have recent post processing tools and know how to get the most out of the RAW files a camera like this can record.

in this case (taken from info on Flickr)

Nikon D800e with 24-70mm f/2.8 Nikon lens. The star image was a 4 second exposure, so there's the tripod requirement.

I hope the fire is out. I hate to see Yosemite in flames, makes me sad.

Absolutely beautiful pictures!

I was finishing Panorama Trail when these shots were apparently taken. Wasn't quite so pretty at Nevada Falls.

I took some pictures with a Nikon AW100, but they pale in comparison.

Thanks very much for sharing.

found more images of the event -

chopper taking people off Half Dome


Firefighters rescue stranded climbers. by Darvin Atkeson, on Flickr

one more from Sept 8 by the same photographer who took the first three on this page - up close this time


Fire and Half Dome - Yosemite National Park by Darvin Atkeson, on Flickr

status Sept. 10


Moonrise Over the Meadow Fire by Joe Ganster, on Flickr

satellite image of the smoke from the fire


Meadow Fire in Yosemite National Park, California by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr

Video posted today.