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"content": "\u003cp>Engineers at Oroville Dam are dialing back the volume of water tumbling down the dam’s crippled main spillway. They hope this will will be the “last spill” on the enormous concrete chute before work on replacing it can begin in earnest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But much like \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/28/photo-gallery-whats-left-of-oroville-dams-shattered-spillway/\">the spillway itself\u003c/a>, faith in the ability of the agency managing the project is showing some cracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an institutional failure,” says Ron Stork of Friends of the River, at a recent legislative oversight hearing. “That dam has not been safe since it was constructed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">This is an institutional failure. 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"content": "\u003cp>UPDATE: California’s Dept. of Water Resources is promising to complete by this fall a “forensic” study of February’s near-catastrophic collapse of two spillways at Oroville Dam in Butte County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DWR is embarking on a fast-track plan to replace the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/28/photo-gallery-whats-left-of-oroville-dams-shattered-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shattered spillways at Oroville Dam\u003c/a> — at least partially — by November 1, when the rainy season is expected to resume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers have largely completed geotechnical studies, hoping to better understand what led to the failures. And while DWR has declined to release those studies, citing national security concerns, an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/18/report-design-building-and-upkeep-flaws-led-to-oroville-spillway-failure/\">independent review\u003c/a> corroborates conclusions in this story that the underlying geology of the site was at least partly to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They did not anchor the spillway in fresh rock,” says \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldridge_M._Moores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eldridge Moores\u003c/a>, an eminent geologist and one of the world’s leading experts on the geology of the Sierra Nevada. (He’s the central figure in John McPhee’s 1993 book, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/05/specials/mcphee-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembling California\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fresh” is the term geologists use for rock that is fully intact and has not yet begun to break down. It is typically smooth and highly resistant to erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the radio story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio//2017/04/OrovilleGeologyWEBMiller170410.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But much of the rock those spillways relied upon is “weathered,” the more fractured rock that is decomposing from long exposure to the elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fresh rock has been combined with the atmosphere,” explains Moores, and when that happens, you get this chemical change and you produce this softer sort of rock that’s falling apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Incompetent Rock\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers call that “incompetent rock.” And that, says Moores, is what Oroville’s main concrete spillway was built on and what the emergency spillway was made of. In February, as intense storms filled the reservoir, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/07/engineers-assess-spillway-problem-at-oroville-dam/\">both began disintegrating\u003c/a> under the force of billions of gallons of water cascading over them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/hoPb8GrhWSM\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few miles from Oroville, Moores demonstrates by taking a rock hammer to two rocks that sit side-by-side at a spot along the Yuba River — one fresh, one in an advanced stage of weathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hear that?” he asks, as his hammer bounces off the smooth, bluish-gray fresh sample with a distinctive “tink.” Then he thumps the reddish-brown weathered rock with a series of dull thuds, which sounds less like stone than rotting wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That [fresh] rock is resistant to water pouring over it,” he notes. “This is not. It’s on its way to becoming dirt. if you dump your overflow into rocks like this, of course you’re going to erode them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1540250 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Desktop_R2_170405\" width=\"1449\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg 1449w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1180x664.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-960x540.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-520x292.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1449px) 100vw, 1449px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1540251\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Mobile_R2_170405\" width=\"721\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg 721w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-160x284.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-240x426.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-375x666.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-520x924.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Murky Past\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1961 planning document for Oroville Dam says the site is “blessed with a geologic structure and foundation rock which are suitable for the foundation.” It also suggests excavating down 18 feet to clear away “soil and weathered rock” for the main body of the dam. So it’s clear that builders working for the state were aware of the “incompetent” rock that’s prevalent at the site, but it’s less clear that similar excavations were suggested, let alone required for the spillways, which sit off to the side of the main dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 474px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1540132\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features.\" width=\"474\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg 474w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-160x132.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-240x198.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-375x309.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features. \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the dam was completed nearly 50 years ago, Moores says the rock at the site would have already been substantially decomposed, as the weathering process takes place over hundreds or thousands of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was not any different when they built the dam,” he says.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was sheer good fortune that dam operators never had to use the earthen emergency spillway until this year. But in February, with the main concrete spillway already crippled, they couldn’t empty the dam fast enough to keep pace with winter storms. The lake level rose quickly and rushed over the concrete lip, or “weir” of the emergency spillway. The earthen slope below the weir quickly disintegrated with water tumbling over it at 12,500 cubic feet per second, though design documents from the 1960s show that it could have to handle flows of 20-to-30 times that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find that astounding that they would rate it like that,” says Moores. “It seems to me that even a student of geology could have told them that they were going to have an erosion problem here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite several requests, DWR did not provide an interview for this story. In a statement, it said only that the dam and spillway “met the design and construction standards of its time half a century ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1540133 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown to the left as the "1750' ungated overflow spillway."\" width=\"1280\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-800x536.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-768x515.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1020x684.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1180x791.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-960x644.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-240x161.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-375x251.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-520x349.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown in the upper left as the “1750′ ungated overflow spillway.” \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Knowing what he does about the geology of the Sierra, I asked Moores what it tells him about other dams around the state of similar design and siting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worry,” he said. “That’s what it tells me about the rest of the dams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late February, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered new, detailed inspections of state dams with spillways similar to Oroville’s. Those must be completed before the next flood season and must include “geologic assessments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, acting DWR engineering chief Jeanne Kuttel told reporters that the new main spillway, when completed in two years, will be able to carry nearly twice the volume of water that the original concrete chute was ever called upon to do. She added that the new emergency spillway will be bolstered with retaining walls and channels made of erosion-resistant roller-compacted concrete — just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our intent is to not to have to use the emergency spillway ever again,” said Kuttel. “However, we know that Mother Nature throws a lot at us, so we’re gonna be ready.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>But much of the rock those spillways relied upon is “weathered,” the more fractured rock that is decomposing from long exposure to the elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fresh rock has been combined with the atmosphere,” explains Moores, and when that happens, you get this chemical change and you produce this softer sort of rock that’s falling apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Incompetent Rock\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineers call that “incompetent rock.” And that, says Moores, is what Oroville’s main concrete spillway was built on and what the emergency spillway was made of. In February, as intense storms filled the reservoir, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/07/engineers-assess-spillway-problem-at-oroville-dam/\">both began disintegrating\u003c/a> under the force of billions of gallons of water cascading over them.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/hoPb8GrhWSM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/hoPb8GrhWSM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>A few miles from Oroville, Moores demonstrates by taking a rock hammer to two rocks that sit side-by-side at a spot along the Yuba River — one fresh, one in an advanced stage of weathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hear that?” he asks, as his hammer bounces off the smooth, bluish-gray fresh sample with a distinctive “tink.” Then he thumps the reddish-brown weathered rock with a series of dull thuds, which sounds less like stone than rotting wood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That [fresh] rock is resistant to water pouring over it,” he notes. “This is not. It’s on its way to becoming dirt. if you dump your overflow into rocks like this, of course you’re going to erode them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy show-for-medium-up\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1540250 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Desktop_R2_170405\" width=\"1449\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405.jpeg 1449w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-1180x664.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-960x540.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-375x211.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Desktop_R2_170405-520x292.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1449px) 100vw, 1449px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"show-for-small-only\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1540251\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg\" alt=\"Geology_Mobile_R2_170405\" width=\"721\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405.jpeg 721w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-160x284.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-240x426.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-375x666.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Geology_Mobile_R2_170405-520x924.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Murky Past\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1961 planning document for Oroville Dam says the site is “blessed with a geologic structure and foundation rock which are suitable for the foundation.” It also suggests excavating down 18 feet to clear away “soil and weathered rock” for the main body of the dam. So it’s clear that builders working for the state were aware of the “incompetent” rock that’s prevalent at the site, but it’s less clear that similar excavations were suggested, let alone required for the spillways, which sit off to the side of the main dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 474px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1540132\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features.\" width=\"474\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded.jpeg 474w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-160x132.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-240x198.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/SpillwayTest1_Graded-375x309.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the 1960s, engineers built scale models of spillways to test them with various water flows and design features. \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the dam was completed nearly 50 years ago, Moores says the rock at the site would have already been substantially decomposed, as the weathering process takes place over hundreds or thousands of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was not any different when they built the dam,” he says.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was sheer good fortune that dam operators never had to use the earthen emergency spillway until this year. But in February, with the main concrete spillway already crippled, they couldn’t empty the dam fast enough to keep pace with winter storms. The lake level rose quickly and rushed over the concrete lip, or “weir” of the emergency spillway. The earthen slope below the weir quickly disintegrated with water tumbling over it at 12,500 cubic feet per second, though design documents from the 1960s show that it could have to handle flows of 20-to-30 times that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find that astounding that they would rate it like that,” says Moores. “It seems to me that even a student of geology could have told them that they were going to have an erosion problem here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite several requests, DWR did not provide an interview for this story. In a statement, it said only that the dam and spillway “met the design and construction standards of its time half a century ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1540133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1540133 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg\" alt=\"Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown to the left as the "1750' ungated overflow spillway."\" width=\"1280\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded.jpeg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-800x536.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-768x515.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1020x684.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-1180x791.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-960x644.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-240x161.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-375x251.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/04/Spillwaydrawing1_Graded-520x349.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from original drawings for Oroville Dam and spillways. The emergency spillway is shown in the upper left as the “1750′ ungated overflow spillway.” \u003ccite>(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Knowing what he does about the geology of the Sierra, I asked Moores what it tells him about other dams around the state of similar design and siting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worry,” he said. “That’s what it tells me about the rest of the dams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late February, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered new, detailed inspections of state dams with spillways similar to Oroville’s. Those must be completed before the next flood season and must include “geologic assessments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, acting DWR engineering chief Jeanne Kuttel told reporters that the new main spillway, when completed in two years, will be able to carry nearly twice the volume of water that the original concrete chute was ever called upon to do. She added that the new emergency spillway will be bolstered with retaining walls and channels made of erosion-resistant roller-compacted concrete — just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our intent is to not to have to use the emergency spillway ever again,” said Kuttel. “However, we know that Mother Nature throws a lot at us, so we’re gonna be ready.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "PHOTOS: Your Snaps of Yosemite National Park",
"headTitle": "PHOTOS: Your Snaps of Yosemite National Park | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>To celebrate the broadcast premiere of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/series/yosemite/\">PBS Nature’s \u003cem>Yosemite\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on Wednesday, March 29 on KQED 9, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/02/21/call-for-photos-share-your-yosemitesnap/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we asked our social media fans\u003c/a> to delve into their travel photos and show us their snapshots taken at Yosemite National Park. And they did not disappoint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scroll down to enjoy just some of the many, many beautiful photographs we received via the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/yosemitesnap/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#YosemiteSnap hashtag\u003c/a>. Many thanks to all those who contributed to this collective picture of our awesome national park!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/series/yosemite\">Click here\u003c/a> for more information on Yosemite, including original reporting from KQED Science, video clips and more.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510157\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510157\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"From @LenCestMoi, via Twitter. "Let's hear it for the well-placed bridge - 1/27/17. "\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-800x475.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-768x456.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-1020x606.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-1180x701.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-960x570.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-240x143.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-375x223.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-520x309.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @LenCestMoi, via Twitter. “Let’s hear it for the well-placed bridge – 1/27/17. “\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 612px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510159\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr.jpg\" alt='From @dicksharpejr, via Instagram. \"Frosty morning start\"' width=\"612\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr.jpg 612w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @dicksharpejr, via Instagram. “Frosty morning start”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510160\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510160\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa.jpg\" alt='From @na1ashaa, via Instagram. \"After a weekend of thunderstorms and hail it was beautiful to see this sunset at Glacier Point last night. You can see Nevada Falls in the right corner too.\" ' width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @na1ashaa, via Instagram. “After a weekend of thunderstorms and hail it was beautiful to see this sunset at Glacier Point last night. You can see Nevada Falls in the right corner too.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510161\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510161\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--800x607.jpg\" alt='From @sarahelizabethcreamer, via Instagram. \"My nana and her siblings feeding a buck, her Dad shot this photo\"' width=\"800\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--800x607.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--768x583.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--1020x774.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--960x729.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--240x182.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--375x285.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--520x395.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer-.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @sarahelizabethcreamer, via Instagram. “My nana and her siblings feeding a buck, her Dad shot this photo”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510162\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510162\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-800x532.jpg\" alt='From @seanservis, on Instagram. \"#vernalfalls\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-960x638.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @seanservis, via Instagram. “#vernalfalls”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510163\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510163\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-800x999.jpg\" alt='From @enkeleas, via Instagram. \"Growth upon growth.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @enkeleas, via Instagram. “Growth upon growth.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510164\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510164\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-800x999.jpg\" alt='From @ellybenson, via Instagram. \"Moon reflection\"' width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ellybenson, via Instagram. “Moon reflection”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510165\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510165\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--800x619.jpg\" alt='From @tasubel_14 via Instagram. \"Not a bad spot to laze the day away...????\"' width=\"800\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--800x619.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--768x594.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--1020x789.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--960x742.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--240x186.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--375x290.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--520x402.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14-.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @tasubel_14 via Instagram. “Not a bad spot to laze the day away…????”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510167\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @girlseestheworld, via Instagram. '"All glory comes from daring to begin." -Ruskin Bond Before reaching the cables on Half Dome, there's a steep climb up sub dome with many switchbacks. At the top of the sub dome, I was already tired and breathless. The views were amazing. To reach the top of Half Dome, there's another 800 feet of rock waiting for you.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @girlseestheworld, via @Instagram. ‘”All glory comes from daring to begin.” -Ruskin Bond\u003cbr>Before reaching the cables on Half Dome, there’s a steep climb up sub dome with many switchbacks. At the top of the sub dome, I was already tired and breathless. The views were amazing. To reach the top of Half Dome, there’s another 800 feet of rock waiting for you.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510168\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @theguvenah, via Instagram. \"#cathedralpeak #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #ynp #nofilter #nofilterneeded #yosemitesnap\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @theguvenah, via Instagram. “#cathedralpeak #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #ynp #nofilter #nofilterneeded #yosemitesnap”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510169\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @nicolesingleton, via Instagram. \"falling in love with fall in yosemite ????' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @nicolesingleton, via Instagram. “falling in love with fall in yosemite ????\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510171\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510171\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @theguvenah, via Instagram. \"Half Dome at dusk\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @theguvenah, via Instagram. “Half Dome at dusk”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510276\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510276\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-800x533.jpg\" alt='From @mamawooste, via Instagram. \"O.M.G. Just came across this gem from thanksgiving 2013 - Yosemite. #tbt\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @mamawooste, via Instagram. “O.M.G. Just came across this gem from thanksgiving 2013 – Yosemite. #tbt”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510277\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510277\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @dberberi, via Instagram. \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @dberberi, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510278\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510278\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"From @pandalabra, via Instagram. "Here's my #flashbackfriday from New Year's Day - check out the wild af #frazil ice at the bottom of lower #yosemitefalls ????❄️#findyourpark #nationalpark"\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @pandalabra, via Instagram. “Here’s my #flashbackfriday from New Year’s Day – check out the wild af #frazil ice at the bottom of lower #yosemitefalls ????❄️#findyourpark #nationalpark”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510279\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"From @ericrobertson, via Instagram.\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ericrobertson, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510280\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510280\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-800x529.jpg\" alt=\"From @gigi8188, via Instagram. "First Light In Yosemite National Park. Photo taken in spring 2015. This photo has been archived in Yosemite Conservancy's photo library. Leica I-Shot-it Landscape 2016 winner. International Photographer Of The Year 2016 Nature, Trees: Honorable Mention. Tokyo Foto Awards 2016 Landscape And Trees categories: Honorable Mention "\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-800x529.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-768x508.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-1020x674.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-960x635.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-520x344.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @gigi8188, via Instagram. “First Light In Yosemite National Park. Photo taken in spring 2015. This photo has been archived in Yosemite Conservancy’s photo library. Leica I-Shot-it Landscape 2016 winner.\u003cbr>International Photographer Of The Year 2016 Nature, Trees: Honorable Mention.\u003cbr>Tokyo Foto Awards 2016 Landscape And Trees categories: Honorable Mention “\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510281\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510281\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive.jpg\" alt=\"From @tananarive, via Instagram. "Tonight's firefall #elcapitan #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #firefall"\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @tananarive, via Instagram. “Tonight’s firefall #elcapitan #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #firefall”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510282\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510282\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @marchbox, via Instagram. \"Blues and greens.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @marchbox, via Instagram. “Blues and greens.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510283\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510283\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25.jpg\" alt='From @piester25, via Instagram. \"Family trips, field trips, or honeymoon, this place will always hold the other half of my heart #yosemitesnap\"' width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @piester25, via Instagram. “Family trips, field trips, or honeymoon, this place will always hold the other half of my heart #yosemitesnap”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510284\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel.jpg\" alt=\"From @nickadventuretravel, via Instagram. Yosemite National Park- A never ending source of inspiration (taken in December 2016 valley view). \" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @nickadventuretravel, via Instagram. Yosemite National Park- A never ending source of inspiration (taken in December 2016 valley view).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510285\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510285\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"From @oaktown4, via Instagram. \" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @oaktown4, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510287\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510287\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-800x533.jpg\" alt='From @chrislabasco, via Instagram. \"Due to the heavy rains that California had experienced this last winter, much of Yosemite Valley had areas that were flooded. Although it made it difficult to navigate through parts of the park, it also created unique opportunities for one-of-a-kind reflection shots. This photograph is of Half Dome and its reflection taken from the flooded valley and walkway on Southside Drive, just before The Majestic Yosemite Hotel.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @chrislabasco, via Instagram. “Due to the heavy rains that California had experienced this last winter, much of Yosemite Valley had areas that were flooded. Although it made it difficult to navigate through parts of the park, it also created unique opportunities for one-of-a-kind reflection shots. This photograph is of Half Dome and its reflection taken from the flooded valley and walkway on Southside Drive, just before The Majestic Yosemite Hotel.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510288\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510288\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @jimgoldstein, via Instagram. \"Yosemite Chapel in the Snow\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @jimgoldstein, via Instagram. “Yosemite Chapel in the Snow”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510289\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-800x799.jpg\" alt='From @lemontinely, via Instagram. \"@kqedscience this guy kept squawking at us to give him our sandwiches. #YosemiteSnap #Crow #NoFilter\"' width=\"800\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-800x799.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-768x767.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-1020x1018.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-960x958.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-520x519.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @lemontinely, via Instagram. “@kqedscience this guy kept squawking at us to give him our sandwiches. #YosemiteSnap #Crow #NoFilter”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510290\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @elm_of_sf, via Instagram. "One more #yosemitesnap from the freezing cold #mercedriver on a hot, hot day. Can't wait to get back there. ❤️ #nofilter"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @elm_of_sf, via Instagram. “One more #yosemitesnap from the freezing cold #mercedriver on a hot, hot day. Can’t wait to get back there. ❤️ #nofilter”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510291\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510291\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510292\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510292\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-800x626.jpg\" alt='From @theultimateaudball, via Instagram. \"For the second course, I bring you context. The milky Yosemite Falls on the left gives the hike its name, as you get a perfect view of the waterfall on the way up, and a breathtaking view out over the valley at the top. Next year, I hope to make a trip out in February to get a shot of the annual \"firefall\" ???? For now, I have \"strawberry-dome\" ????\"' width=\"800\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-800x626.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-768x601.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-1020x798.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-960x751.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-240x188.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-375x293.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-520x407.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @theultimateaudball, via Instagram. “For the second course, I bring you context. The milky Yosemite Falls on the left gives the hike its name, as you get a perfect view of the waterfall on the way up, and a breathtaking view out over the valley at the top. Next year, I hope to make a trip out in February to get a shot of the annual “firefall” ???? For now, I have “strawberry-dome” ????”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510293\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510293\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram. \" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-520x389.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"description": "To celebrate the broadcast premiere of PBS Nature's Yosemite on Wednesday, March 29 on KQED 9, we asked our social media fans to delve into their travel photos and show us their snapshots taken at Yosemite National Park. And they did not disappoint. Scroll down to enjoy just some of the many, many beautiful photographs",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>To celebrate the broadcast premiere of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/series/yosemite/\">PBS Nature’s \u003cem>Yosemite\u003c/em>\u003c/a> on Wednesday, March 29 on KQED 9, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/02/21/call-for-photos-share-your-yosemitesnap/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we asked our social media fans\u003c/a> to delve into their travel photos and show us their snapshots taken at Yosemite National Park. And they did not disappoint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scroll down to enjoy just some of the many, many beautiful photographs we received via the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/yosemitesnap/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#YosemiteSnap hashtag\u003c/a>. Many thanks to all those who contributed to this collective picture of our awesome national park!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/series/yosemite\">Click here\u003c/a> for more information on Yosemite, including original reporting from KQED Science, video clips and more.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510157\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510157\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"From @LenCestMoi, via Twitter. "Let's hear it for the well-placed bridge - 1/27/17. "\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-800x475.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-768x456.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-1020x606.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-1180x701.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-960x570.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-240x143.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-375x223.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi-520x309.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/LenCestMoi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @LenCestMoi, via Twitter. “Let’s hear it for the well-placed bridge – 1/27/17. “\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 612px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510159\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr.jpg\" alt='From @dicksharpejr, via Instagram. \"Frosty morning start\"' width=\"612\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr.jpg 612w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dicksharpejr-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @dicksharpejr, via Instagram. “Frosty morning start”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510160\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510160\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa.jpg\" alt='From @na1ashaa, via Instagram. \"After a weekend of thunderstorms and hail it was beautiful to see this sunset at Glacier Point last night. You can see Nevada Falls in the right corner too.\" ' width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/na1ashaa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @na1ashaa, via Instagram. “After a weekend of thunderstorms and hail it was beautiful to see this sunset at Glacier Point last night. You can see Nevada Falls in the right corner too.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510161\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510161\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--800x607.jpg\" alt='From @sarahelizabethcreamer, via Instagram. \"My nana and her siblings feeding a buck, her Dad shot this photo\"' width=\"800\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--800x607.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--768x583.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--1020x774.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--960x729.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--240x182.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--375x285.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer--520x395.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/sarahelizabethcreamer-.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @sarahelizabethcreamer, via Instagram. “My nana and her siblings feeding a buck, her Dad shot this photo”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510162\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510162\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-800x532.jpg\" alt='From @seanservis, on Instagram. \"#vernalfalls\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-960x638.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/seanservis-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @seanservis, via Instagram. “#vernalfalls”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510163\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510163\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-800x999.jpg\" alt='From @enkeleas, via Instagram. \"Growth upon growth.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/enkeleas-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @enkeleas, via Instagram. “Growth upon growth.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510164\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510164\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-800x999.jpg\" alt='From @ellybenson, via Instagram. \"Moon reflection\"' width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ellybenson-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ellybenson, via Instagram. “Moon reflection”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510165\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510165\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--800x619.jpg\" alt='From @tasubel_14 via Instagram. \"Not a bad spot to laze the day away...????\"' width=\"800\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--800x619.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--768x594.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--1020x789.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--960x742.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--240x186.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--375x290.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14--520x402.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tasubel_14-.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @tasubel_14 via Instagram. “Not a bad spot to laze the day away…????”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510167\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @girlseestheworld, via Instagram. '"All glory comes from daring to begin." -Ruskin Bond Before reaching the cables on Half Dome, there's a steep climb up sub dome with many switchbacks. At the top of the sub dome, I was already tired and breathless. The views were amazing. To reach the top of Half Dome, there's another 800 feet of rock waiting for you.'\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/girlseestheworld.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @girlseestheworld, via @Instagram. ‘”All glory comes from daring to begin.” -Ruskin Bond\u003cbr>Before reaching the cables on Half Dome, there’s a steep climb up sub dome with many switchbacks. At the top of the sub dome, I was already tired and breathless. The views were amazing. To reach the top of Half Dome, there’s another 800 feet of rock waiting for you.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510168\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @theguvenah, via Instagram. \"#cathedralpeak #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #ynp #nofilter #nofilterneeded #yosemitesnap\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @theguvenah, via Instagram. “#cathedralpeak #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #ynp #nofilter #nofilterneeded #yosemitesnap”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510169\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @nicolesingleton, via Instagram. \"falling in love with fall in yosemite ????' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nicolesingleton-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @nicolesingleton, via Instagram. “falling in love with fall in yosemite ????\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510171\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510171\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @theguvenah, via Instagram. \"Half Dome at dusk\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theguvenah.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @theguvenah, via Instagram. “Half Dome at dusk”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510276\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510276\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-800x533.jpg\" alt='From @mamawooste, via Instagram. \"O.M.G. Just came across this gem from thanksgiving 2013 - Yosemite. #tbt\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/mamawooste.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @mamawooste, via Instagram. “O.M.G. Just came across this gem from thanksgiving 2013 – Yosemite. #tbt”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510277\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510277\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @dberberi, via Instagram. \" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/dberberi-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @dberberi, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510278\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510278\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"From @pandalabra, via Instagram. "Here's my #flashbackfriday from New Year's Day - check out the wild af #frazil ice at the bottom of lower #yosemitefalls ????❄️#findyourpark #nationalpark"\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/pandalabra.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @pandalabra, via Instagram. “Here’s my #flashbackfriday from New Year’s Day – check out the wild af #frazil ice at the bottom of lower #yosemitefalls ????❄️#findyourpark #nationalpark”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510279\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"From @ericrobertson, via Instagram.\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ericrobertson.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ericrobertson, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510280\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510280\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-800x529.jpg\" alt=\"From @gigi8188, via Instagram. "First Light In Yosemite National Park. Photo taken in spring 2015. This photo has been archived in Yosemite Conservancy's photo library. Leica I-Shot-it Landscape 2016 winner. International Photographer Of The Year 2016 Nature, Trees: Honorable Mention. Tokyo Foto Awards 2016 Landscape And Trees categories: Honorable Mention "\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-800x529.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-768x508.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-1020x674.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-960x635.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188-520x344.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/gigi8188.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @gigi8188, via Instagram. “First Light In Yosemite National Park. Photo taken in spring 2015. This photo has been archived in Yosemite Conservancy’s photo library. Leica I-Shot-it Landscape 2016 winner.\u003cbr>International Photographer Of The Year 2016 Nature, Trees: Honorable Mention.\u003cbr>Tokyo Foto Awards 2016 Landscape And Trees categories: Honorable Mention “\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510281\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510281\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive.jpg\" alt=\"From @tananarive, via Instagram. "Tonight's firefall #elcapitan #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #firefall"\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive.jpg 750w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/tananarive-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @tananarive, via Instagram. “Tonight’s firefall #elcapitan #yosemite #yosemitenationalpark #firefall”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510282\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510282\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @marchbox, via Instagram. \"Blues and greens.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/marchbox-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @marchbox, via Instagram. “Blues and greens.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510283\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510283\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25.jpg\" alt='From @piester25, via Instagram. \"Family trips, field trips, or honeymoon, this place will always hold the other half of my heart #yosemitesnap\"' width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/piester25-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @piester25, via Instagram. “Family trips, field trips, or honeymoon, this place will always hold the other half of my heart #yosemitesnap”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1510284\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel.jpg\" alt=\"From @nickadventuretravel, via Instagram. Yosemite National Park- A never ending source of inspiration (taken in December 2016 valley view). \" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/nickadventuretravel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @nickadventuretravel, via Instagram. Yosemite National Park- A never ending source of inspiration (taken in December 2016 valley view).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510285\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510285\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"From @oaktown4, via Instagram. \" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-768x959.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4-520x650.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/oaktown4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @oaktown4, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510287\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510287\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-800x533.jpg\" alt='From @chrislabasco, via Instagram. \"Due to the heavy rains that California had experienced this last winter, much of Yosemite Valley had areas that were flooded. Although it made it difficult to navigate through parts of the park, it also created unique opportunities for one-of-a-kind reflection shots. This photograph is of Half Dome and its reflection taken from the flooded valley and walkway on Southside Drive, just before The Majestic Yosemite Hotel.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/chrislabasco2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @chrislabasco, via Instagram. “Due to the heavy rains that California had experienced this last winter, much of Yosemite Valley had areas that were flooded. Although it made it difficult to navigate through parts of the park, it also created unique opportunities for one-of-a-kind reflection shots. This photograph is of Half Dome and its reflection taken from the flooded valley and walkway on Southside Drive, just before The Majestic Yosemite Hotel.”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510288\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510288\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-800x800.jpg\" alt='From @jimgoldstein, via Instagram. \"Yosemite Chapel in the Snow\"' width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/jimgoldstein3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @jimgoldstein, via Instagram. “Yosemite Chapel in the Snow”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510289\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510289\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-800x799.jpg\" alt='From @lemontinely, via Instagram. \"@kqedscience this guy kept squawking at us to give him our sandwiches. #YosemiteSnap #Crow #NoFilter\"' width=\"800\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-800x799.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-768x767.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-1020x1018.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-960x958.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-375x374.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-520x519.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/lemontinely2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @lemontinely, via Instagram. “@kqedscience this guy kept squawking at us to give him our sandwiches. #YosemiteSnap #Crow #NoFilter”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510290\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @elm_of_sf, via Instagram. "One more #yosemitesnap from the freezing cold #mercedriver on a hot, hot day. Can't wait to get back there. ❤️ #nofilter"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/elm_of_sf.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @elm_of_sf, via Instagram. “One more #yosemitesnap from the freezing cold #mercedriver on a hot, hot day. Can’t wait to get back there. ❤️ #nofilter”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510291\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510291\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger6.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510292\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510292\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-800x626.jpg\" alt='From @theultimateaudball, via Instagram. \"For the second course, I bring you context. The milky Yosemite Falls on the left gives the hike its name, as you get a perfect view of the waterfall on the way up, and a breathtaking view out over the valley at the top. Next year, I hope to make a trip out in February to get a shot of the annual \"firefall\" ???? For now, I have \"strawberry-dome\" ????\"' width=\"800\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-800x626.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-768x601.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-1020x798.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-960x751.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-240x188.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-375x293.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2-520x407.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/theultimateaudball2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @theultimateaudball, via Instagram. “For the second course, I bring you context. The milky Yosemite Falls on the left gives the hike its name, as you get a perfect view of the waterfall on the way up, and a breathtaking view out over the valley at the top. Next year, I hope to make a trip out in February to get a shot of the annual “firefall” ???? For now, I have “strawberry-dome” ????”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1510293\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1510293\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram. \" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-768x574.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-1020x762.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-960x717.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3-520x389.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/ryanjbolger3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From @ryanjbolger, via Instagram.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "WATCH: What Happened at Oroville Dam, and What Could Still Go Wrong",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the weeks and months to come, investigators will no-doubt probe many potential reasons for the near-catastrophic failures at Oroville Dam in February. Those will range from decisions made more than 50 years ago, to the truly extraordinary weather of 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for the moment, the emergency at Oroville Dam has largely passed. The 180,000 people who were evacuated from their homes last month have returned, and construction crews continue to put millions of tons of rocks and concrete across a badly eroded hillside under the emergency spillway. In the coming months, crews will begin to fix the main concrete spillway, which developed a gaping hole on Feb. 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, officials with the state Department of Water Resources aren’t out of the woods yet. If a series of warm storms pounds California this spring, that could send billions of gallons of water raging into Lake Oroville again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/nJ2R-bBh2xE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right\">\u003cem>(Graphics by Teodros Hailye/KQED) \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra snowpack is at nearly double its historic average in some places, and will begin melting as the weather warms. Though officials are aiming to keep the lake level at roughly 50 feet below the lip of the emergency spillway, it has been rising again as unseasonably warm temperatures accelerate spring runoff from the upper Feather River watershed. Hydrologists warn that flows from the coming runoff season could yet again test Oroville’s patched-up infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another risk: As officials release water down the main broken spillway, the concrete could erode up toward the lake. If officials have to shut the gates of the emergency spillway, the lake could rise again quickly, increasing the risk of water going over the emergency spillway onto the vulnerable hillside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews have been clearing debris out of the channel below Oroville Dam to reopen Hyatt Power Plant. Once it’s running, the plant pulls up to 15,000 cubic feet per second out of the reservoir to make power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Water Resources expects to resume use of the main spillway this week, but at half the volume compared to when operators were frantically trying to lower the lake to below the emergency overflow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anatomy of a Near-Disaster\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oroville drama began quietly enough, as prolonged winter storms — especially in January — began rapidly filling Lake Oroville, the reservoir behind the dam. California’s \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action\">second-largest\u003c/a> man-made reservoir behind Shasta Lake, Oroville is designed to hold more than 3.5 million acre-feet of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1478690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1478690 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332.jpg\" alt=\"A Cal Fire crew watches as water roars down Oroville's main spillway at 100,000 cubic-ft. per second.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire crew watches as water roars down Oroville’s main spillway. The force of it broke through the concrete and carved out a second, circular channel into the diversion pool below. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After record runoff caused the lake level to rise 70 feet in January, operators opened the dam’s main spillway to release water and create space in the lake for expected runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the main spillway showed signs of disintegration, engineers dialed back releases to take pressure off the crippled structure. That caused the lake to rise even faster, eventually forcing water to tumble over the dam’s secondary, emergency spillway (also known as the auxiliary spillway) for the first time since the dam was completed in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately, erosion began to eat away the emergency spillway, all but the upper lip of which is bare earth. Whole trees began washing into the diversion channel below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1478689\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 485px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1478689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill.png\" alt=\"Oroville's emergency spillway as the lake level topped it in February.\" width=\"485\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill.png 485w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill-160x118.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill-240x177.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill-375x277.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oroville’s emergency spillway as the lake level topped it in February. Critical erosion of the slope below had not yet begun. \u003ccite>(Calif. Dept. of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hillside began eroding uphill, threatening to undercut the concrete lip of the emergency spillway, and on Sunday evening, February 12, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honae issued an evacuation order that sent tens of thousands of people in Oroville and other downstream communities scrambling for higher ground. (The evacuation order covered nearly 200,000 residents, but how many actually relocated is unknown.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an attempt to lower the lake level, engineers were forced to resume massive flows down the main spillway, knowing that the 100,000 cubic-feet-per-second cascade would likely tear apart what remained of the enormous concrete chute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clearly they had no choice. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra snowpack is at nearly double its historic average in some places, and will begin melting as the weather warms. Though officials are aiming to keep the lake level at roughly 50 feet below the lip of the emergency spillway, it has been rising again as unseasonably warm temperatures accelerate spring runoff from the upper Feather River watershed. Hydrologists warn that flows from the coming runoff season could yet again test Oroville’s patched-up infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another risk: As officials release water down the main broken spillway, the concrete could erode up toward the lake. If officials have to shut the gates of the emergency spillway, the lake could rise again quickly, increasing the risk of water going over the emergency spillway onto the vulnerable hillside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews have been clearing debris out of the channel below Oroville Dam to reopen Hyatt Power Plant. Once it’s running, the plant pulls up to 15,000 cubic feet per second out of the reservoir to make power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Water Resources expects to resume use of the main spillway this week, but at half the volume compared to when operators were frantically trying to lower the lake to below the emergency overflow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anatomy of a Near-Disaster\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oroville drama began quietly enough, as prolonged winter storms — especially in January — began rapidly filling Lake Oroville, the reservoir behind the dam. California’s \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action\">second-largest\u003c/a> man-made reservoir behind Shasta Lake, Oroville is designed to hold more than 3.5 million acre-feet of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1478690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1478690 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332.jpg\" alt=\"A Cal Fire crew watches as water roars down Oroville's main spillway at 100,000 cubic-ft. per second.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/P2110332-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire crew watches as water roars down Oroville’s main spillway. The force of it broke through the concrete and carved out a second, circular channel into the diversion pool below. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After record runoff caused the lake level to rise 70 feet in January, operators opened the dam’s main spillway to release water and create space in the lake for expected runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the main spillway showed signs of disintegration, engineers dialed back releases to take pressure off the crippled structure. That caused the lake to rise even faster, eventually forcing water to tumble over the dam’s secondary, emergency spillway (also known as the auxiliary spillway) for the first time since the dam was completed in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately, erosion began to eat away the emergency spillway, all but the upper lip of which is bare earth. Whole trees began washing into the diversion channel below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1478689\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 485px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1478689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill.png\" alt=\"Oroville's emergency spillway as the lake level topped it in February.\" width=\"485\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill.png 485w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill-160x118.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill-240x177.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/OrovilleAuxSpill-375x277.png 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oroville’s emergency spillway as the lake level topped it in February. Critical erosion of the slope below had not yet begun. \u003ccite>(Calif. Dept. of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hillside began eroding uphill, threatening to undercut the concrete lip of the emergency spillway, and on Sunday evening, February 12, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honae issued an evacuation order that sent tens of thousands of people in Oroville and other downstream communities scrambling for higher ground. (The evacuation order covered nearly 200,000 residents, but how many actually relocated is unknown.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an attempt to lower the lake level, engineers were forced to resume massive flows down the main spillway, knowing that the 100,000 cubic-feet-per-second cascade would likely tear apart what remained of the enormous concrete chute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clearly they had no choice. 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"content": "\u003cp>For decades, California oil companies have disposed of wastewater by pumping it into aquifers that were supposed to be protected by federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California regulators mistakenly granted permits to do it, through a combination of poor record keeping, miscommunication and permitting errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, years after the errors first emerged, state officials say that 460 underground injection wells that were disposing of wastewater illegally will be shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We don’t know the true extent of the damage.’\u003ccite>Hollin Kretzmann, Center for Biological Diversity\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>However, the state will miss a deadline to shut down 1,650 other wastewater wells operated by oil companies. In fact, they don’t intend to shut them down at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these wastewater wells are near Central Valley farmland, where groundwater has been a critical water source as reservoirs dried up during the state’s historic drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wells were scheduled to be closed by mid-February this year, unless both federal and state water officials approved them through a public review process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California oil regulators are still in the process of filing the necessary paperwork for the environmental reviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until that happens, state regulators announced today that the wells will be allowed to continue operating. They say the 1,650 wells are disposing of oil wastewater in areas where the groundwater isn’t clean enough to be a drinking water source, so no risk of contamination exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very concerned about drinking water,” said Jason Marshall, Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Conservation. “We wouldn’t be allowing injection to take place in a place where that exists, but these are zones where there is no such high quality water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some environmental groups say the wastewater wells should have been shut down years ago, until the state could gauge the extent of the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s shocking that the state was completely asleep at the wheel while oil companies were contaminating these underground sources of drinking water,” says Hollin Kretzmann, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. “The state has allowed continued operation in those aquifers, potentially harming them irreparably.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Billions of Gallons of Oil Wastewater Pumped Underground\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oil companies produce massive amounts of wastewater, the result of drilling into California’s watery oil formations. For every barrel of oil, companies get 15 barrels of wastewater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “produced water,” as it’s known, is often extremely salty and holds trace metals and chemicals like benzene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1330915\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1330915\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/Wastewater-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"Oil formations are full of water in California, so after the oil is separated, oil companies pump the wastewater back underground.\" width=\"450\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/Wastewater-graphic.jpg 450w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/Wastewater-graphic-160x185.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/Wastewater-graphic-240x277.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/01/Wastewater-graphic-375x433.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil formations are full of water in California, so after the oil is separated, oil companies pump the wastewater back underground. \u003ccite>(Penn State Public Media/WPSU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Handling that water is a major operation for California’s oil companies. Some of it is injected back underground into oil formations to boost production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the water is disposed of permanently by pumping it into underground rock formations through a well that’s similar to an oil well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disposing of wastewater this way is allowed by federal law when the groundwater is too salty to potentially be a drinking water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But groundwater closer to the surface is automatically protected by federal law when it’s clean enough to drink or could be a drinking water supply with some treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only way oil companies can dispose of wastewater in those zones is when the aquifer has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/Aquifer_Exemptions.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exempted from federal protections\u003c/a>. The state must go through a public review process with the federal Environmental Protection Agency to get an exemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where the California’s problems began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bad Paperwork, Bad Permitting\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2011, the federal EPA, which enforces groundwater protections, \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/pacific-southwest-media-center/epas-review-californias-underground-injection-control-uic-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">audited California’s oil regulatory agency\u003c/a>, the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The audit uncovered a trove of problems. Wastewater was being disposed of in aquifers that were clean enough to drink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, state officials mistakenly gave permits to more than 6,000 wastewater injection wells in protected aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The permits \u003ca href=\"http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Publications/Reports/2015/UICFindings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were given out due to confusion\u003c/a> over where the geographic boundaries of aquifers ended or whether the aquifer itself was protected or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By December, the state had ordered more than 200 wells to be closed, some of which were in the cleanest aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, oil regulators have reviewed more than 5,000 other wastewater wells, to see whether the surrounding aquifer should be protected — or is too salty and should be exempted from federal protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state agreed to complete that review and file for the necessary exemptions with the EPA by February 15, 2017, or the wells would be shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”n3Xgwtjewfo2Dk1ELQeAh9k3tQlBW5Nt”]Now, oil regulators say meeting that deadline isn’t possible for all the wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency brought on additional staff to do the reviews, but says the process has been slower than expected. In some cases, oil companies were slow to provide the necessary information. In other cases, the complexity of the underground geology required more time to analyze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, 460 wells will be shut down because officials have received incomplete or no information from oil companies there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State regulators say they plan to file for exemptions that will cover 1,650 wastewater wells, which will keep operating because they feel confident the exemptions will be approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups are concerned that these exemption applications aren’t being given fair scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California depends on its groundwater so much right now and it’s going to be more and more vital in the future,” says Kretzmann. “For the state to be rubber-stamping these applications to give away that groundwater to the oil industry is just so shortsighted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Looking for Evidence of Groundwater Contamination\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since many of the illegal wastewater wells have been operating for decades, questions remain about what the effect has been on the groundwater, especially in places close to people or farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State water officials ordered hundreds of groundwater tests in areas where drinking water wells were within one mile of the wastewater wells. They found no direct evidence the oil wastewater was spreading underground and contaminating these wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is part of our ongoing investigation,” says Marshall. “We have not seen any evidence of groundwater contamination from oil field operations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But environmental groups say, because billions of gallons of wastewater have been put underground over the years, there’s a high likelihood that some aquifers were made saltier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know the true extent of the damage, and the extent of the degradation is really hard to calculate,” says Kretzmann. “We’re going to come to need that groundwater in the future and it’s going to become more and more valuable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After today’s announcement, the federal EPA could reject the state’s plan to keep 1,650 wastewater wells open. State oil officials say there are thousands of other wastewater wells that still require some review.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Stay in this position for an at least 60 seconds when you practice.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It may seem like an eternity but the shaking from a major event can last a minute or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And forget the timeworn advice to stand in a doorway. That worked when people lived in older homes of unreinforced masonry. Doorways in modern homes are no stronger than any other part of the house and experts say you’re actually safer under a table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re outside in an open area you’re better off than in a building, but watch out for falling debris and power lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For information about what to do if you’re driving or are in a wheelchair, check out the guide from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.earthquakecountry.info/\">Earthquake Country Alliance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA has an \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1421937886237-e683b4975c2c324b18967ead20336b2f/FEMAB526_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earthquake safety checklist\u003c/a> and the Department of Homeland Security has \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ready.gov/kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed list\u003c/a> of items to include in an earthquake kit.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Chances of a ‘Big One’ in NorCal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s ShakeOut comes (perhaps not by accident) just a day after USGS scientists published \u003ca href=\"http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/10/e1601441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a study\u003c/a> highlighting the linkage between two of the Bay Area’s more menacing faults, the Hayward, which runs along the East Bay Hills, and the Rodgers Creek Fault, which cuts a similar angle through the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1090260\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1090260\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The 2014 earthquake in Napa injured about 200 people and damaged nearly two thousand buildings. Scientists say it should ring the alarm for owners of older buildings to retrofit before the next earthquake hits.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/10/RS14567_NapaQuake-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2014 earthquake in Napa injured about 200 people and damaged nearly two thousand buildings. Scientists say it should ring the alarm for owners of older buildings to retrofit before the next earthquake hits. \u003ccite>(Erol Kalkan / USGS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Geologists say a newly-confirmed connection between the two faults affirms that a joint event could result in an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 — significantly more intense the the Loma Prieta quake of 1989. That October temblor remains the most devastating to hit the Bay Area since the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers say four California faults, including the Hayward Fault and Calaveras Fault which directly underly cities, have built up enough seismic strain to \u003ca href=\"http://www.livescience.com/48274-fault-creep-california-earthquake-risk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cause destructive quakes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 6.0 magnitude South Napa quake which struck two years ago was the largest earthquake in over 25 years to hit the San Francisco Bay Area, causing significant damage in Napa, American Canyon and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s been nearly two years since the South Napa Earthquake rocked the North Bay region — but the revelations keep on coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists say data from earth movements that occurred after the major shaking stopped show helter-skelter patterns unlike anything they’ve seen before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Field teams \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2014/09/22/finding-faults-scientists-close-in-on-napa-quake-origins/\">noted early on\u003c/a> that the Napa quake of August 24, 2014 did an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/south-napa-earthquake-photos/\">unusual amount of damage\u003c/a> for a magnitude-6 temblor — and that the event was followed by significant “afterslip,” when the ground keeps moving (albeit a lot more slowly) after the main event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_860386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1124px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-860386 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/NapaAfterslip_DawsonCGS.jpg\" alt=\"Striping along Highway 12 shows initial earthquake movement (left), and additional offset from afterslip -- movement following the quake.\" width=\"1124\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/NapaAfterslip_DawsonCGS.jpg 1124w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/NapaAfterslip_DawsonCGS-400x253.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/NapaAfterslip_DawsonCGS-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/NapaAfterslip_DawsonCGS-768x486.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/NapaAfterslip_DawsonCGS-960x607.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1124px) 100vw, 1124px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striping along Highway 12 shows initial earthquake movement (left), and additional offset from afterslip — about a day after the quake. \u003ccite>(Tim Dawson/Calif. Geological Survey)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What surprised geologists analyzing data in the months to follow was the variety of afterslip, which was greater in some places than others, and moved faster in some spots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found this fault shows multiple slip behaviors at different times,” says Gareth Funning, a geophysicist at UC Riverside and lead author on the study. “We’d not seen anything quite like it before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funning’s team had the good luck to be nearby when the quake struck, and had just taken ground measurements in the valley weeks before. It gave him a unique perspective on ground movement before, during and after the major shaking. One notable finding was that in some spots, there was more ground movement after the quake than during it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_861007\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-861007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157.jpg\" alt=\"Geophysicist Gareth Funning sets up a GPS marker in the Napa Valley, in August of 2014.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/RS12082_IMG_2157-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geophysicist Gareth Funning sets up a GPS marker in the Napa Valley, in August of 2014. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It can carry on breaking things after the earthquake is done,” says Funning, which might have implications for responders, as well as property owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People might assume that they’re out of the woods for damage, but not necessarily true.” Adding to the confusion is the complex nature of the Napa Valley geology. The 2014 quake broke along various strands of a fault system, as opposed to a single fault line. Funning’s team identified seven places with different types of slip. The \u003ca href=\"http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL069428/abstract\">complete study\u003c/a> is published online in the journal, American Geophysical Letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funning says they also observed a “tentative connection” between the surface geology and the earth movement observed. Areas of bedrock seemed to show more movement during the quake, while places with “softer” geology such as sedimentary material, showed more afterslip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So perhaps we could start to look for connections between surface geology and fault behavior,” says Funning. “It’s an intriguing thing that we’re going to follow up on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funning says the 2014 event revealed the West Napa fault to be a “creeping,” fault, one that keeps moving between earthquakes. 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"content": "\u003cp>To the average pedestrian, it was just a curb. To an observant one, perhaps, it was an oddly \u003cem>misaligned\u003c/em> curb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To geologists, it was a snapshot of the earth’s shifting tectonic plates — an accidental experiment, a field trip destination for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to the town of Hayward, it was just a bit of subpar infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-curb-destroyed-20160705-snap-htmlstory.html\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> sums up what happened next:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then, one early June day, a city crew decided to fix the faulty curb — pun intended. By doing what cities are supposed to do — fixing streets — the city’s action stunned scientists, who said a wonderful curbside laboratory for studying earthquakes was destroyed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geologist David Schwartz of the U.S. Geological Survey \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/07/06/484987268/in-california-fixing-a-curb-destroyed-the-holy-grail-of-seismology\">spoke with NPR\u003c/a> on Wednesday. He has been visiting the curb for 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the fault that broke the curb — the Hayward fault — is “one of the major and most important faults in the San Francisco Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In probably the late 1950s, your standard sidewalk curb was built across the fault — and the fault is creeping,” Schwartz explained. “That means it moves a little bit every year, maybe about 4 millimeters. It broke through the curb and started pushing it out. And over the years it has moved it 8 inches.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_831286\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-831286\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8.jpg\" alt=\"Geology enthusiasts gather at a (formerly) noteworthy curb in Hayward, Calif., in May 2012. The curb was once straight; the shifting Hayward fault pulled it apart.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geology enthusiasts gather at a (formerly) noteworthy curb in Hayward, Calif., in May 2012. The curb was once straight; the shifting Hayward fault pulled it apart. \u003ccite>(Andrew Alden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A website for geology-themed field trips has photos of the curb \u003ca href=\"http://www.geologyfieldtrips.com/haywardresidential.htm\">dating back to the early ’70s\u003c/a>. They show the separating halves of the curb at first disjointed but overlapping, then growing farther apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the curb is gone — making way for a wheelchair-accessible ramp, the \u003cem>LA Times\u003c/em> reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our mandate from our council is that we have safe sidewalks and accessible sidewalks for all members of our community,” an assistant city manager \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-curb-destroyed-20160705-snap-htmlstory.html\">told the paper\u003c/a>, while noting that they might have acted differently if they’d known of the curb’s unusually exalted status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew Alden, a geologist who is also a science contributor \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/author/andrew-alden/\">for member station KQED\u003c/a>, noticed the new construction more than a week ago and documented it \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/loss-of-an-icon-the-hayward-faults-roseprospect-curb/\">on his blog.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He mourned the loss of an “icon,” one worthy of pilgrimages for geologists. He also wrote that the addition of an accessible curb is “a good thing and undoubtedly overdue. Still.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_831288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-831288 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732.jpg\" alt='In late June, Andrew Alden documented the demise of the geologically significant curb. \"It is no more,\" he wrote. \"Come back in 20 years.\"' width=\"1200\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-400x273.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-800x545.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-768x524.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-1180x804.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-960x654.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In late June, Andrew Alden documented the demise of the geologically significant curb. “It is no more,” \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/loss-of-an-icon-the-hayward-faults-roseprospect-curb/\">he wrote\u003c/a>. “Come back in 20 years.” \u003ccite>(Andrew Alden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schwartz told NPR it would have been nice if geologists had been able to speak with the city before the curb improvements began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe what we need to do in the future is give them a list of places that really shouldn’t be touched if they don’t have to be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, a newly installed curb won’t be able to resist the pull of the fault for long, Schwartz says, though it may take decades for it to return to its former glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would think that within a couple of years the fault will have cracked it and will have started to make it slide,” he said. “If you wanted to see something really great, I think you’d have to wait about 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless we have a large earthquake, you know, in the interim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=California+Town+Fixes+Crooked+Curb%2C+Breaks+Geologists%27+Hearts&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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And over the years it has moved it 8 inches.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_831286\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-831286\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8.jpg\" alt=\"Geology enthusiasts gather at a (formerly) noteworthy curb in Hayward, Calif., in May 2012. The curb was once straight; the shifting Hayward fault pulled it apart.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/002_wide-10328617537992800ee8efbe1486628f6ba5f0f8-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geology enthusiasts gather at a (formerly) noteworthy curb in Hayward, Calif., in May 2012. The curb was once straight; the shifting Hayward fault pulled it apart. \u003ccite>(Andrew Alden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A website for geology-themed field trips has photos of the curb \u003ca href=\"http://www.geologyfieldtrips.com/haywardresidential.htm\">dating back to the early ’70s\u003c/a>. They show the separating halves of the curb at first disjointed but overlapping, then growing farther apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the curb is gone — making way for a wheelchair-accessible ramp, the \u003cem>LA Times\u003c/em> reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our mandate from our council is that we have safe sidewalks and accessible sidewalks for all members of our community,” an assistant city manager \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-curb-destroyed-20160705-snap-htmlstory.html\">told the paper\u003c/a>, while noting that they might have acted differently if they’d known of the curb’s unusually exalted status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew Alden, a geologist who is also a science contributor \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/author/andrew-alden/\">for member station KQED\u003c/a>, noticed the new construction more than a week ago and documented it \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/loss-of-an-icon-the-hayward-faults-roseprospect-curb/\">on his blog.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He mourned the loss of an “icon,” one worthy of pilgrimages for geologists. He also wrote that the addition of an accessible curb is “a good thing and undoubtedly overdue. Still.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_831288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-831288 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732.jpg\" alt='In late June, Andrew Alden documented the demise of the geologically significant curb. \"It is no more,\" he wrote. \"Come back in 20 years.\"' width=\"1200\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-400x273.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-800x545.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-768x524.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-1180x804.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/07/dscn0937_custom-000e8a550d2cd047288fb6a7c0b6afaf2b52a732-960x654.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In late June, Andrew Alden documented the demise of the geologically significant curb. “It is no more,” \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/loss-of-an-icon-the-hayward-faults-roseprospect-curb/\">he wrote\u003c/a>. “Come back in 20 years.” \u003ccite>(Andrew Alden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schwartz told NPR it would have been nice if geologists had been able to speak with the city before the curb improvements began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe what we need to do in the future is give them a list of places that really shouldn’t be touched if they don’t have to be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, a newly installed curb won’t be able to resist the pull of the fault for long, Schwartz says, though it may take decades for it to return to its former glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would think that within a couple of years the fault will have cracked it and will have started to make it slide,” he said. “If you wanted to see something really great, I think you’d have to wait about 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless we have a large earthquake, you know, in the interim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cp>Scientists have had a literal breakthrough off the coast of Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After weeks of drilling from an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico, they have reached rocks left over from the day the Earth \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/08/473386620/scientists-set-to-drill-into-extinction-event-crater-in-mexico\">was hit by a killer asteroid\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cataclysm is believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs. “This was probably the most important event in the last 100 million years,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.v.morgan\">Joanna Morgan\u003c/a>, a geophysicist at Imperial College in London and a leader of the expedition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_680898\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/05/Liftboat-myrtle_NPR.jpeg\" alt=\"Liftboat Myrtle is a drilling platform normally used for oil operations. Since April, geologists have been using it in the Gulf of Mexico to drill into the crater Chicxulub. \" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/05/Liftboat-myrtle_NPR.jpeg 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2016/05/Liftboat-myrtle_NPR-400x533.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liftboat Myrtle is a drilling platform normally used for oil operations. Since April, geologists have been using it in the Gulf of Mexico to drill into the crater Chicxulub. \u003ccite>(DSmith/ECORD/IODP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since the 1980s, researchers have known about the impact site, located near the present-day Yucatan Peninsula. Known as Chicxulub, the crater is approximately 125 miles across. It was created when an asteroid the size of Staten Island, N.Y., struck Earth around 66 million years ago. 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