The Hand of Man

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted December 31, 2009378 views5 comments

Man builds it, man destroys it and man preserves it.

Most memories of the park are of it's beauty, camping, rafting, hiking, photogrpahy and the ongoing construction.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 31, 2009 at 8:36 PM

A reasonable representation of the statement. Is there a back story to go with this?

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on January 3, 2010 at 10:01 PM

Hey Phil, I wish I had a back story for you but the construction is just a constant thing in the valley wheter it's the road or any other structures. The weather gives the place a beating.

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Comment posted by Larry Gloth on January 5, 2010 at 11:50 PM

Strange but interesting to see the machinery in front of those beautiful walls.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on January 16, 2010 at 1:18 PM

The hand of man has been shaping the Yosemite Valley since the days of the Native Americans for ill or good. The re-engineering of Tunnel View is an example of the good. Cutting down many of the closest trees to widen the vista. Over the years fire suppression has changed the valley to the ill, it has allowed brush and conifers to dominate the valley floor cutting of many of the views of the geology. That and the dynamiting of the morraine damn that allowed some flooding every spring and kept the Merced from eroding it's banks. So Steve your image conveys the continuing process of human influence in a natural world, Yosemite however being one of the most extreme beauty.

Paul

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on January 19, 2010 at 10:50 AM

Interesting shot. Congrats on the EP.

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