Tourist Falls to Death Off Cliff While Taking Selfies in New York State Park
A tourist has died after falling off a cliff at a New York state park while taking selfies with her husband last week.
Who Needs a Photo Permit in Nevada State Parks?
Nevada Law and the Nevada Administrative code have a simple definition of when you need to have a permit to shoot photos in their parks. It is based entirely on whether or not the pictures will be sold.
Vandals Caught on Camera Destroying Iconic ‘Duckbill’ Rock in Oregon
A group of vandals have been caught on camera destroying an iconic rock formation on the Oregon coast known as Duckbill Rock or Thor's Fist, prompting many to both mourn the icon's loss, and call for justice against the videotaped vandals.
State Park Using Hashtags & Social Media to Create a Time-Lapse of Wildfire Recovery
Cool use of social media in the US to crowdsource imagery and monitor recovery from fire #morganfire02 pic.twitter.com/Zy952bzz9k
— Shiny Red (@Shiny_Red) May 20, 2014
Hashtags are nothing more than a novelty byproduct of the 21st century, right? Wrong. At least that's the case in the minds of the scientists behind a new project that takes advantage of photography, hashtags and social media to help crowdsource a time-lapse documentation of fire damage recovery.