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Sparse trees along island crest catch moisture from clouds, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Clouds held back by island crest, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Sparse trees along island crest catch moisture from clouds, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Sparse trees along island crest catch moisture from clouds, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Clouds held back by island crest, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Clouds held back by island crest, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Trees cling to the granite surroundings of Olmsted Point. Clouds Rest is seen in the distance, Yosemite National Park, California
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, Yosemite National Park, California
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, Yosemite National Park, California
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, Yosemite National Park, California
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, Yosemite National Park, California
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, Yosemite National Park, California
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