close Video Photographer captures stunning photo of mystery couple's proposal at Yosemite A Michigan-based photographer captured a stunning photo of a mystery couple's proposal at Yosemite, but now is asking the internet for help in locating them. The mystery is finally solved. Michigan-based photographer Matthew Dippel announced Saturday that he located the couple whose proposal he captured in a breathtaking photo at Taft Point in Yosemite National Park — nearly a month after clicking the shutter button. Dippel identified the duo as Charlie Bear and bride-to-be Melissa, and said he hopes to meet the “happy happy couple” in person in the future. VILLAGE UNITES TO RAISE 14 PUPPIES AFTER THEIR MOM DIES: 'IT'S AMAZING TO SEE' “UPDATE: I FOUND THEM. Everyone meet, Charlie Bear and his fiancé Melissa the happy happy couple that was out on the point in my Taft Point Proposal,” Dippel wrote on social media. “In short, I captured the … [Read more...] about Couple captured in viral proposal photo at Yosemite National Park found, photographer says
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Man and woman fall to death from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 11:54 am PDT, Thursday, October 25, 2018 A man and woman fell from the Taft Point View in Yosemite Valley on Thursday. A man and woman fell from the Taft Point View in Yosemite Valley on Thursday. Photo: REDA&CO/UIG Via Getty Images West View from Promontory Point in Autumn, Taft Point Overlook, Yosemite Valley and El Capitan, Taft Point, Yosemite National Park. West View from Promontory Point in Autumn, Taft Point Overlook, Yosemite Valley and El Capitan, Taft Point, Yosemite National Park. Photo: VW Pics/UIG Via Getty Images On August 14, an oak tree branch fell onto a tent at the Upper Pines campground. The two teens sleeping inside were tragically killed. The last time someone at the park was killed by a falling tree was in 2012, when a concession employee was slain by a falling limb on his tent. less On … [Read more...] about Man and woman fall to death from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park: Fall season is best
SHROUDED LANDSCAPE: An early morning mist settles on trees on the valley floor in Yosemite National Park. Prime pigments: A maple tree hits peak fall color near the Big Manistee River in Mesick, Mich. Sound The gallery will resume inseconds El Capitan is seen at twilight, in Yosemite National Park in California. SHADOWED: Visitors view Half Dome from Glacier Point at Yosemite National Park in 2005. Millions flock here to admire a landscape of soaring crags and plunging falls chiseled by the Merced River, but the car-bound throngs and the infrastructure needed to house and feed them are precisely what threatens the federally protected waterway. LANDMARK LODGINGS: The Ahwahnee Hotel sits in a picturesque spot at the base of granite walls in Yosemite Valley, surrounded by oaks, pines and grazing deer. The view from the Wawona tunnel of Yosemite Valley. Major points of interest are (l to r) El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridal Veil falls. JEWEL OF THE NIGHT: The … [Read more...] about Yosemite National Park: Fall season is best
Firefighter dies battling blaze near Yosemite National Park
A firefighter walks along a containment line while battling a wildfire Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Redding, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)A thank you to fire crews and first responders is shown on a van in Redding, Calif., Sunday, July 29, 2018. Fire crews faced many uncertainties Sunday as they struggled to corral a deadly blaze in Northern California that left thousands of dazed evacuees reeling as they tried to take care of themselves and their pets. Crews endured hot temperatures and remained wary of the possibility of gusty winds, said Anthony Romero, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (AP Photo/Martha Mendoza)A hand crew of firefighters, from various San Diego County fire departments, scratch out a fire line on a ridge after a brushfire burned in De Luz, Calif., on Saturday, July 28, 2018. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)A hand crew of firefighters from various San Diego County fire departments scratch out a fire … [Read more...] about Firefighter dies battling blaze near Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park hiker dies in fall from Half Dome cables
A hiker fell to his death on Monday while ascending Yosemite National Park's famous Half Dome trail, the US National Park Service said.The hiker was on the trail's Half Dome cables, the park service said in a statement. He was hiking with another person during thunderstorm activity around 4:30 p.m. when he slipped and fell.The cables take hikers up the last 400 feet to the summit of Half Dome, which rises nearly 5,000 feet above California's Yosemite Valley.Park rangers were notified and went to the scene to assist the second hiker, the NPS said. The missing hiker's body was found around 1 p.m. Tuesday.His identity will be released after his family is notified.The death is the first on the Half Dome cables since 2010 and the first visitor fatality in 2018, the park service said. … [Read more...] about Yosemite National Park hiker dies in fall from Half Dome cables