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| Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23206 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Mount Whitney and Lone Pine Peak over the Alabama Hills. Image ID: 28691 | The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26792 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunset, reflected in a small creek near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. Image ID: 23202 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Hiker views Vogelsang Lake, and Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunrise in Yosemite's High Sierra. Image ID: 23201 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below. Image ID: 16114 Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Star trails and Arch Rock. Polaris, the North Star, is at the center of the circular arc star trails as they pass above this natural stone archway in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 27709 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | ||
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| Panoramic view from Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country, looking south. A hiker appears twice in this curious panoramic photo, enjoying the spectacular view. Visible on the left are Parson's Peak (12147'), Gallison Lake and Bernice Lake, while Vogelsang Peak (11516') rises to the right. Image ID: 23210 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4512 x 17738 | ||
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| Panorama of Nameless Lake (10709'), surrounded by glacier-sculpted granite peaks of the Cathedral Range, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23211 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 3756 x 9102 | ||
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| Panorama of Vogelsang basin, surrounding Vogelsang Lake in Yosemite's High Sierra, viewed from near Vogelsang Pass (10685'). Left is Vogelsang Peak (11516'), Choo-choo Ridge is in the distant middle, and the western flank of Fletcher Peak is to the right. Image ID: 23217 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 2945 x 13845 | ||
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| Cathedral Rocks at sunrise, reflected in a spring meadow flooded by the Merced River. Image ID: 26856 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Star trails and Arch Rock. Polaris, the North Star, is at the center of the circular arc star trails as they pass above this natural stone archway in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26794 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Cathedral Rocks at sunrise, reflected in a spring meadow flooded by the Merced River. Image ID: 34546 Location: Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Glacial erratic boulders atop Olmsted Point, with the massive granite monoliths Half Dome and 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. When the glaciers melt, any boulders and other geologic material that it was carrying are left in place, sometimes many miles from their original location. Image ID: 23264 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap (center) and Half Dome (left). Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below. Image ID: 16115 Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Black bear on granite rock. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer. Image ID: 18750 Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA |
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| The South Fork of the Kings River flows through Kings Canyon National Park, in the southeastern Sierra mountain range. Grand Sentinel, a huge granite monolith, is visible on the right above pine trees. Late summer. Image ID: 09854 Location: Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA | Clouds Rest viewed from Olmsted Point. Clouds Rest is one of the most massive -- if not the singlemost massive -- granite monoliths in the world. A vast lobe of Mesozoic-era granodiorite magma cooled to rock and was gradually uplifted to its present altitude of 9926 ft. Later, glaciers cut it into its present shape. Image ID: 09965 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | 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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| Cloud's Rest at sunset, viewed from Olmsted Point. Clouds Rest is one of the most massive -- if not the singlemost massive -- granite monoliths in the world. A vast lobe of Mesozoic-era granodiorite magma cooled to rock and was gradually uplifted to its present altitude of 9926 ft. Later, glaciers cut it into its present shape. Image ID: 25761 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Mammoth Peak (12,117') rises above grassy meadows and granite boulders near Tioga Pass. Image ID: 25766 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | The Milky Way galaxy arcs over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26793 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| Ancient granite boulders at Joshua Tree National park, at sunset. Image ID: 26795 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Nameless Lake (10709'), surrounded by glacier-sculpted granite peaks of the Cathedral Range, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23205 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Alpine pond and ridge near Vogelsang Peak, near Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country. Image ID: 23215 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Hiker views Vogelsang Lake and the western buttress of Fletcher Peak from a vantage point near Vogelsang Pass, looking north. Image ID: 23216 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23219 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunset, reflected in a small creek near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. Image ID: 23220 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Vogelsang Peak (11516') in Yosemite's High Sierra, reflected in small pond, morning, summer. Image ID: 23221 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | ||
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| Panoramic view from Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country, looking south. Visible on the left are Parson's Peak (12147'), Gallison Lake and Bernice Lake in the Cathedral Range, the Clark Range is in the distant middle, while Vogelsang Peak (11516') rises to the right. Image ID: 23222 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 2976 x 16765 | ||
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