Yosemite
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A wintery Half Dome (left), Bridalveil Falls (right), and Yosemite Valley as seen from Tunnel View.
"Lower" Upper and "upper" Lower Yosemite Falls.
A rivulet caused by days of rain surrounds an Incense Cedar along the path to Yosemite Falls.
Upper Yosemite Falls and the Merced River, looking upstream from Swinging Bridge.
Cook's Meadow, as seen upside down and backwards in a suspended water drop.
From Tunnel View. Rising sun behind Half Dome adds golden highlights to the snow.
The early morning sun lights El Capitan's face, reflected in ice patterns near the Merced River and Tahiti Beach.
Swirling patterns in the Merced River.
3:12 p.m. Intermittent Horsetail Fall tumbles over the eastern edge of El Capitan as the sun begin to drop in the sky.
4:09 p.m.
4:31 p.m.
4:33 p.m.
5:12 p.m.
5:17 p.m.
5:27 p.m., following which a passing cloud low on the horizon blocked the sun and put an end to the show.
5:20 p.m. Another day...a second try!
5:23 p.m.
5:32 p.m. Very good! Almost great, and then it was gone. Oh well, a reason to return.
Moonlit Cathedral Rock and Spires
A waning gibbous, but near full, moon lights El Capitan Meadow and the Cathedral Rocks.