Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap (center) and Half Dome (left). Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 feet through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below.
Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16115
Yosemite Falls rises above Cooks Meadow. The 2425 falls, the tallest in North America, is at peak flow during a warm-weather springtime melt of Sierra snowpack. Yosemite Valley.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16141
Bridalveil Falls with a rainbow forming in its spray, dropping 620 into Yosemite Valley, displaying peak water flow in spring months from deep snowpack and warm weather melt. Yosemite Valley.
Location: Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16175
Yosemite Falls rises above Cooks Meadow. The 2425 falls, the tallest in North America, is at peak flow during a warm-weather springtime melt of Sierra snowpack. Yosemite Valley.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16136
Yosemite Falls rises above Cooks Meadow. The 2425 falls, the tallest in North America, is at peak flow during a warm-weather springtime melt of Sierra snowpack. Yosemite Valley.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16138
Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River. Yosemite Valley.
Location: Fern Springs, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16086
Bridalveil Falls with a rainbow forming in its spray, dropping 620 into Yosemite Valley, displaying peak water flow in spring months from deep snowpack and warm weather melt. Yosemite Valley.
Location: Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16176
Shackleton Falls, named for explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, formed from glacial meltwaters, near Stromness Bay.
Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24588
Yellowstone Falls from Uncle Tom's Trail. Lower Yellowstone Falls shows a beautiful rainbow as it cascades 308' in a thundering plunge into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.
Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 26942