{"id":61,"date":"2005-05-26T09:26:31","date_gmt":"2005-05-26T17:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/portfolio\/yosemite-falls-in-spring\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T00:02:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:02:08","slug":"yosemite-falls-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/yosemite-falls-in-spring.html","title":{"rendered":"Photos of Yosemite Falls in Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Falling 2425 feet (730m) in three sections, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x0=location&amp;x1=protected_threatened_and_significant_places&amp;x2=national_parks&amp;x3=yosemite_national_park_(california)&amp;x4=yosemite_valley&amp;x5=yosemite_falls\">Yosemite Falls<\/a> is the tallest waterfall in North America and the fifth tallest in the world. During winter, a cone of frozen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=05466\">mist<\/a> forms at the base of Lower Yosemite Falls. A strenuous hike takes visitors from the valley floor to the precipice of the falls, offering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=07153\">impressive perspective<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cook...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=12631\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/yosemite-falls-yosemite-national-park-photograph-12631-874350.jpg\" alt=\"Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=12631\">12631<\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?location=yosemite_falls&amp;city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite Falls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite National Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?state=california&amp;country=usa\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=usa\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rafters enjoy a Spring day on the Merced River in Yosemite V...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=09214\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rafters enjoy a Spring day on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, with Yosemite Falls in the background, Yosemite National Park, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/yosemite-falls-yosemite-national-park-image-09214-847113.jpg\" alt=\"Rafters enjoy a Spring day on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, with Yosemite Falls in the background, Yosemite National Park, California\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Rafters enjoy a Spring day on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, with Yosemite Falls in the background.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=09214\">09214<\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?location=yosemite_falls&amp;city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite Falls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite National Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?state=california&amp;country=usa\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=usa\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cook...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=12632\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/yosemite-falls-yosemite-national-park-photo-12632-720539.jpg\" alt=\"Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=12632\">12632<\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?location=yosemite_falls&amp;city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite Falls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite National Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?state=california&amp;country=usa\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=usa\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Upper Yosemite Falls.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=05466\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/yosemite-falls-yosemite-national-park-image-05466-431374.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Upper Yosemite Falls.<br \/>\nImage ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=05466\">05466<\/a><br \/>\nLocation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?location=yosemite_falls&amp;city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite Falls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?city=yosemite_national_park&amp;state=california&amp;country=usa\">Yosemite National Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?state=california&amp;country=usa\">California<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=usa\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keywords: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=yosemite_falls_(yosemite)__waterfall__natural_world\">Yosemite Falls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=yosemite_national_park_(california)__national_parks__protected_threatened_and_significant_places__location\">Yosemite National Park<\/a>, Yosemite Valley, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=waterfall__natural_world\">Waterfall<\/a>, photo. picture, image, photograph.<\/p>\n<p>See more <a 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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&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,87,93,112,138],"tags":[221,320,335,343],"class_list":{"0":"post-61","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"category-landscape","9":"category-national-parks","10":"category-sierra-nevada","11":"category-yosemite","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-sierra-nevada","14":"tag-waterfalls","15":"tag-yosemite-national-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}