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Yosemite Valley in winter…
I would like to be able to tell you that Yosemite Valley is totally deserted in winter, but I cannot. I can tell you only that Yosemite Valley is far less “packed” with human visitors in winter....
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Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite National Park
Bridalveil Fall, of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, is 620 feet (188 m) tall (the height of a 62-story building) and flows all year round. In winter, the ice falling over Bridalveil Fall...
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Ribbon Fall in Yosemite
Ribbon Fall in Yosemite National Park is 1612 feet (491 m) high and is the tallest single-drop waterfall in North America. At 10 feet/story, the waterfall is higher than a 161-story building and is...
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El Capitan
El Capitan, one of the prominent features of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, is a 3000-foot (910-m) vertical granite monolith on the north side of the valley, near the western end. The...
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Half Dome
Although it is probably one of the the most photographed features of Yosemite National Park, Half Dome begs to be photographed. And who are we to resist…? Half Dome is a granite dome that is located...
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North Dome in Yosemite National Park
North Dome is a granite dome (of the Cretaceous Period) in Yosemite National Park. The elevation of North Dome is 7542 feet (2299 m). North Dome is the southern summit of Indian Ridge, 0.6 miles (0.97...
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Sentinel Rock in Yosemite
Sentinel Rock is a granite peak in Yosemite National Park. The above photo was taken in January. Later in the year, Sentinel Rock looks like this. Sentinel Rock towers over Yosemite Valley opposite...
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The Merced River
The river that was named El Rio de Nuestra Señora de la Merced (River of Our Lady of Mercy) in 1806 by an expedition led by Gabriel Moraga has its headwaters in the southern half of Yosemite National...
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Black-tailed deer
Odocoileus hemionus, Black-tailed deer or Blacktail deer inhabit approximately 75% of California’s wildlands. I photographed the buck (with rack in “velvet“) above while he was enjoying dinner in a...
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Yosemite: reopening of Tunnel View Overlook
Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne, today announced the completion of the restoration of the Tunnel View Overlook at Yosemite National Park, the first project of the National Park Service...
View ArticleA new birth of freedom
The title phrase is more than the theme of today’s luncheon on President Barack Obama‘s Inauguration Day. The phrase may represent the hope of the 2 million people in the record crowd who attended the...
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Today….
Today was a blue-sky day in Yosemite Valley. The air temperature seemed to be approximately in the low 60′s F to perhaps the upper 50′s F later in the day. The sun was so warm that it was a “T-shirt...
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Cook’s Meadow, Yosemite
Cook’s Meadow (42 acres, 17 hec) in Yosemite Valley underwent restoration by the National Park Service in cooperation with donors, volunteers, and park partners, over a period of about eight years....
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Yosemite Falls
Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America – 2420 feet (739 m) from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall, which makes Yosemite Falls the seventh (counting...
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