Tuesday, September 17, 2013 
<p>Yosemite's been in the news lately. Smoke from wildfires has obscured views, and the threat of fire required closure of some important roads going to the national park, wrecking the late-summer tourist business. The Rim Fire scorched the record books when it became the fourth-largest wildfire in California history.</p><p>The National Interagency Fire Center predicts "significant fire potential" for the central mountains of California well into October, and everyone is ready for an early snowstorm.</p><p>Darvin Atkeson captured this iconic image of Yosemite Valley, with January snow, in 2004.</p><p><a href="http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/compass/flickr-photo-day-ready-winter-233949612.html">Keep reading...</a></p>
