Half Dome at Sunset
Half Dome at Yosemite National Park stands high above the Yosemite valley and catches the last light of the setting sun after the rest of the valley is in darkness.
Half Dome at Yosemite National Park stands high above the Yosemite valley and catches the last light of the setting sun after the rest of the valley is in darkness.
Near the eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park, Ellery Lake is surrounded by snowy high country. The day before this photo was taken, the roads were impassable because of the heavy late-September snowfall.
While hiking in Yosemite valley, I came across this glade of reeds growing in a marshy spot.
Highland creeks spill over the edges of the cliffs surrounding Yosemite valley, creating enormous waterfalls, including this one, Bridalveil.
If you can pick out the two climbers on this wall, you've better eyes than I. This was shot with a 200 mm lens, and they still looked like ants.
I counted five different groups of climbers on the 3,300-foot El Capitan wall the day I was hiking in Yosemite.
Coming across the upland part of Yosemite, you can see Half Dome from dozens of places.
Never know what you'll find at your feet, but on this occasion I found a swarm of red beatles covering fallen limbs.
Two hikers look for the pot of gold at the bottom of Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite.
Looking west up the valley of Yosemite, El Capitan and Half Dome can barely be seen in the distance.
