Yosemite National Park

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    Tourist falls to death in Yosemite National Park

    Lucian Miu, a 21-year-old man from Romania has died after falling in Yosemite National Park. The tragedy reportedly occurred after he climbed up wet boulders near the viewing platform below Bridalveil Fall but ended up slipping and falling about

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    Rainbow transforms Yosemite waterfall

    Rainbows are generally spectacular sights to behold, but the ones existing amid the waterfalls of Yosemite National Park are especially breathtaking. The video above shows one particularly beautiful rainbow which appears to be dancing with the

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    Firefall optical illusion lights up Yosemite National Park

    It's not Lava - it's an optical illusion. Every February, Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park lights up as if it were on fire, and people flock to the falls hoping to get a glimpse of the phenomena that only happens for 20 days

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    British climber dies after being hit by falling rock in Yosemite National Park

    A British man has died in California's Yosemite National Park after he was struck by a loose rock while climbing. Felix Joseph Kiernan, 28, from London, was about 600ft up the East Buttress of El Capitan route on Sunday when a rock was

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    Tourists warned as Yosemite Park-linked virus kills third victim

    PA Over 12,000 tourists who stayed at a remote campsite in California's Yosemite National Park are at risk from then deadly hantavirus, officials have warned, following the death of a third holidaymaker. A West Virginian who visited the

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    Yosemite National Park visitors could have been exposed to deadly virus

    PA Around 10,000 tourists visiting California's Yosemite National Park could have been exposed to a deadly virus that kills one in three victims and cannot be treated, officials confirmed. AFP reported that six cases of the hantavirus

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    Video of the day: Yosemite Park as you've never seen it

    PA Yosemite is one of the most popular spots for travellers to California - more than three and half million visitors flock to explore it every year. This timelapse video (below) of this tantalising World Heritage wilderness gives just a taste

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