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Yosemite: in the granite cathedral
From El Capitan meadow — from any meadow in Yosemite Valley — the view is of granite walls rising above the trees, heavenward.
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In the Merced River canyon, Yosemite
Between Happy Isles and Vernal Fall, the Merced River tumbles in a series of rapids and cascades. Its roar reverberates between the canyon walls. From the trail, through openings in the oak canopy,...
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From the brink of Vernal Fall, Yosemite
The Mist Trail earns its name. The route to the top of Vernal Fall is showered in mist in spring and summer flood. Here, at the brink, we dried ourselves out, and looked down at the steps we had...
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Yosemite — the Merced River and Cook’s Meadow, late afternoon
In the late afternoon in Yosemite Valley, shade overtakes the forests, the river, the high granite walls. Within that shade, the open meadows remain sunlit expanses of light.
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Yosemite — on the Mist Trail above Vernal Fall
Below Diamond Cascade the Merced River hurries down an expanse of bare granite . . . . . . making waterwheels along the way. This is a favorite lunch stop along the trail. Expect luncheon guests:...
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Yosemite Falls on a late spring afternooon
Thank God for the meadows in Yosemite Valley. It’s the meadows, in general, that provide the views. Southside Drive is the incoming route to the valley. For a distance, it travels through forest....
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Yosemite — Half Dome
One reason why I tend to look up when I’m in Yosemite. All around, granite sculpture soaring three thousand feet and more. Half Dome’s summit is about mile above the meadow where I took this image.
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From last April in Yosemite: Upper Yosemite Fall
This of course is nothing — nothing at all — compared to being there, watching the fall break up into streamers that seem to fall in slow motion. My guess: ten seconds from brink to the base of Upper...
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Half Dome — Yosemite National Park
The sheer face of Half Dome . . . This was the view at around 7:00 on a mid-April evening.
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In Cook’s meadow on a spring afternoon.
In Yosemite Valley, the meadows provide the views. So it is with Cook’s meadow, stretching to near the base of Yosemite Falls.
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