Yosemite Valley
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Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California, United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi long and 3,000–3,500 ft deep, surr
Yosemite Valley as seen from Tunnel View in May 2013
Sentinel Rock at sunset
Yosemite Valley
Mosquito Fall, stereographic photo by Eadweard Muybridge, c. 1868–1873
El Capitan
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El Capitan is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith is about 3,000 feet from base to summit along its ta
Yosemite Valley
…United States. The valley is about 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long and 3,000–3,500 ft (910–1,070 m) deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines. The valley is drained by the Merced River, and a multitude of streams and waterfalls flow into it, including Tenaya…
Southwest face (left, in light) and southeast face (right, in shade) of El Capitan from Yosemite Valley; the Nose lies between the two faces
1864 photo of El Capitan by Charles Leander Weed
William Henry Jackson's 1899 photograph of El Capitan
El Capitan viewed from Tunnel View