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Subject: Re: "Shorts, Outtakes and Rants" updates

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Date Posted: 08:00:19 12/02/14 Tue
In reply to: Seth 's message, "Re: "Shorts, Outtakes and Rants" updates" on 21:10:45 12/01/14 Mon

>If/when you get back to Yosemite Valley, we've found
>the best way to see the Valley is from bicycle. They
>rent them at Curry Village. There are several
>trails/service roads that you can ride that get you
>away from the cars and slow down to take in the
>scenery.
>
>Photographing Yosemite it is hard not to think of
>Ansel Adams work. You mention him waiting out the
>light for the perfect shot, the below link is to a set
>of images that he shot when he was on a deadline and
>in later comments was not happy with the quality of
>the light due to hazy weather. They were shot in 1940
>for Fortune magazine and now in the LA Public Library
>collection.
>
> >href="http://www.drkrm.com/ansel_adams.html">http://www
>.drkrm.com/ansel_adams.html

Lick Observatory was one of the laser sites that were used to bounce a beam off a reflector to measure the distance from earth to moon

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