A group of climbers, some who used to work for the Park Service, intended to raise awareness about how recent federal job cuts could threaten the country’s parks.

A photograph accurately shows a U.S. "distress" flag hung upside down from the side of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park by a group of employees.

Organizers said the inverted flag, historically used as a sign of distress, was meant to draw attention to the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service.

The flag was reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan as a sign of protest by Yosemite employees concerned about the recent downsizing carried out as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting initiatives.

Over the last month, the US flag has been spotted flying upside down outside the State Department, and now during firefall at Yosemite National Park. On Sunday, visitors flocked to the park to watch the waterfall at El Capitan glow an eerie orange at sunset,

Image via Shutterstock Visitors at Yosemite National Park were perplexed to find the American flag hanging upside down at the national park. Did someone make an error on the job or what gives? Visitors saw the flag draped over the side of the 7,