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Sparse trees along island crest catch moisture from clouds.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03708  

Clouds held back by island crest.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03710  

Sparse trees along island crest catch moisture from clouds.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03839  

Sparse trees along island crest catch moisture from clouds.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03840  

Clouds held back by island crest.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03841  

Clouds held back by island crest.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03849  

Trees cling to the granite surroundings of Olmsted Point. Clouds Rest is seen in the distance.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09960  

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.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09961  

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.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09962  

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.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09963  

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.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09968  

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.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09969