Photo of Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park
Tenaya Lake lies in the high country of Yosemite National Park, surrounded by enormous granite domes and coniferous forests.
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| Tenaya Lake is surrounded by epic granite domes. Late afternoon, viewed from Olmstead Point. Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09955 Location: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Tenaya Peak rises above Tenaya Lake near Tuolumne Meadows. Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09957 Location: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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Photo of Mammoth Peak, Yosemite National Park
Mammoth Peak rises above Tioga Lake and Tuolumne Meadows in the high country of Yosemite National Park.
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| Mammoth Peak in the High Sierra range is reflected in Tioga Lake at sunrise. This spectacular location is just a short walk from the Tioga Pass road. Near Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park. Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09948 Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Mammoth Peak and alpine meadows in the High Sierra are reflected in Tioga Lake at sunrise. This spectacular location is just a short walk from the Tioga Pass road. Near Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park. Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09949 Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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Photo of Lembert Dome, Yosemite National Park
Lembert Dome rises above Tuolumne Meadows in the high country of Yosemite National Park. The hike to the summit of Lembert Dome is easy and leads through a forest of trees before emerging on the backside of the dome, and offers expansive view of the entire Tuolumne Meadows from the top.
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| Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09939 Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09938 |
The Tuolumne River flows serenely through Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra. Lembert Dome is seen in the background. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09940 |
Lembert Dome rises above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09944 |
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Photos of Yosemite Falls in Spring
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 37° 44' 41.44" N, Longitude: 119° 35' 19.4" W, Coord: 37.744847°, -119.58872°
Filed under: California, Landscape, National Parks, Sierra Nevada, Yosemite on 5/26/2005
Falling 2425 feet (730m) in three sections, Yosemite Falls is the tallest waterfall in North America and the fifth tallest in the world. During winter, a cone of frozen mist forms at the base of Lower Yosemite Falls. A strenuous hike takes visitors from the valley floor to the precipice of the falls, offering impressive perspective of the falls and their enormity relative to the valley itself. Yosemite Falls flows year round; May and June are most impressive, while flow slows to nearly a trickle during winter months.
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| Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA  View this Image in Google Earth! |
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| Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 12632 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA View this Image in Google Earth! |
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| Rafters enjoy a Spring day on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, with Yosemite Falls in the background. Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 09214 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA View this Image in Google Earth! |
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| Upper Yosemite Falls. Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 05466 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA View this Image in Google Earth! |
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Photo of Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 37° 44' 48.95" N, Longitude: 119° 34' 53.41" W, Coord: 37.746933°, -119.5815°
Filed under: Landscape, National Parks, Sierra Nevada, Yosemite on 5/23/2005
Spring is the time to visit Vernal Falls and the famous Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park. Vernal Falls is at peak flow in late May and June, the weather is usually pleasant and the dogwoods are in bloom on the valley floor. We try to make a springtime visit to Yosemite each year to hike the Mist Trail with our daughters. We get soaked by the falls on the way up, soak in the sun and dry off at the top, enjoy a lunch of trail mix and Clif bars alongside other hikers, and leisurely make our way back down the trail later in the afternoon. If one times his visit to Vernal Falls at midday, a rainbow is often visible in front of the falls when viewed from the trail just 100 yards away.
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| Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 12634 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River. Fern Springs, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 12650 Location: Fern Springs, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring. Hikers are seen at the precipice to Vernal Falls, having hiked up the Mist Trail to get there. Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 12635 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Mountain dogwood, or Pacific dogwood, Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 12686 Species: Cornus nuttallii Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA View this Image in Google Earth! |
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Photos of Glacial Erratic Boulders in Yosemite National Park
Above the granite walls surrounding Yosemite Valley are found many examples of glacial erratic boulders. These glacial erratics are so named because they are erratic (i.e., differ materially from the naturally occuring stone nearby) and they were deposited by slow-moving glaciers, sometimes after having been moved a considerable distance (e.g., tens of miles) from their origin.
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| Glacial erratics atop Olmsted Point. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form. Image ID: 09966 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Glacial erratics atop Olmsted Point, with Clouds Rest in the background. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form. Image ID: 09968 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| A glacial erratic hangs precariously at the precipice to Tenaya Canyon, with Clouds Rest in the background. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form. Image ID: 09969 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
The edges of Tenaya Canyon, especially granite expanses at Olmsted Point, are good places to find glacial erratics, as well as the Half Dome and Little Yosemite Valley trails.
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Panoramic Photo of Half Dome and Washington Column from Stoneman Meadow, Yosemite Valley
View this blog entry in Google EarthLatitude: 37° 44' 42.36" N, Longitude: 119° 34' 28.71" W, Coord: 37.7451°, -119.57464°
Filed under: California, Landscape, National Parks, Panoramas, Sierra Nevada, Yosemite on 2/25/2005
Yosemite Valley offers panoramic views that, in many cases, cannot be effectively captured with a single photograph (a frame of film or a single digital image capture). Stitching photographs together digitally offers a way to produce panoramic images using non-panoramic cameras. Below is an example of this technique, considering Half Dome and Washington Column viewed from Stoneman Meadow in Spring. A series of eight digital photographs were taken, with considerable overlap between each, and then stitched together using software to produce a panorama that spans 270 degrees along the horizontal plane:
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| Half Dome (center) and Washington Column (left), late afternoon in spring, viewed from Ahwahnee Meadow. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Image: 07152 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 2852 x 7689 |
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