Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23219
Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunset, reflected in a small creek near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23220
Vogelsang Peak (11516') in Yosemite's High Sierra, reflected in small pond, morning, summer.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23221
Panoramic view from Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country, looking south. Visible on the left are Parson's Peak (12147'), Gallison Lake and Bernice Lake in the Cathedral Range, the Clark Range is in the distant middle, while Vogelsang Peak (11516') rises to the right.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23222
Panorama dimensions: 2976 x 16765
Vogelsang Peak reflected in spectacular Vogelsang Lake, in Yosemite's high country near the John Muir Trial and Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Vogelsang Peak (11516') was sculpted by glaciers from monolithic granite.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23225
Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23228
Vogelsang Peak (11516') in Yosemite's High Sierra, reflected in small creek, morning, summer.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23229
Panorama of Vogelsang Lake (10325'), a beautiful alpine lake in Yosemite's High Sierra. Right is Vogelsang Peak (11516'), left is Vogelsang Pass.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23230
Panorama dimensions: 2941 x 19152
Panorama of Vogelsang basin, surrounding Vogelsang Lake in Yosemite's High Sierra, viewed from near Vogelsang Pass. Left is Vogelsang Peak (11516'), Choo-choo Ridge is in the distant middle, and the western flank of Fletcher Peak is to the right.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23231
Panorama dimensions: 5075 x 16023
Parson's Peak and Gallison Lake, part of the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite mountains, viewed from Vogelsang Pass in Yosemite's High Sierra.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23244
Nameless Lake (10709'), surrounded by glacier-sculpted granite peaks of the Cathedral Range, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23245
Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunset, reflected in a small creek near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23251
Townsley Lake, a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23252
Townsley Lake, a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23254
Nameless Lake, surrounded by glacier-sculpted granite peaks of the Cathedral Range, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23255
Townsley Lake, a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23256
Glacial erratic boulders atop Olmsted Point. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form. When the glaciers melt, any boulders and other geologic material that it was carrying are left in place, sometimes many miles from their original location.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23265
Glacial erratic boulders atop Olmsted Point. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form. When the glaciers melt, any boulders and other geologic material that it was carrying are left in place, sometimes many miles from their original location.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23279
Glacial erratic boulder atop Olmsted Point, with the massive granite monoliths Half Dome and Clouds Rest in the background. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form. When the glaciers melt, any boulders and other geologic material that it was carrying are left in place, sometimes many miles from their original location.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23280
Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It lies along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Composed of the Sierra Nevada batholith granite formation, its eastern side (seen here) is quite steep. It is climbed by hundreds of hikers each year.
Image ID: 21761
Panorama dimensions: 2298 x 4990
Cathedral Rocks reflected in a meadow flooded by the Merced River, historical snowmelt following record snowfall floods Yosemite Valley in May 2023.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 39376
Panorama of Arch Rock, showing ancient stone boulders that are characteristic of Joshua Tree National Park.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 26799
Panorama dimensions: 5213 x 11427
Stonehenge, or what is officially known as the La Jolla Project, was the third piece in the Stuart Collection at University of California San Diego (UCSD). Commissioned in 1984 and produced by Richard Fleishner, the granite blocks are spread on the lawn south of Galbraith Hall on Revelle College at UCSD.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 12846
Stonehenge, or what is officially known as the La Jolla Project, was the third piece in the Stuart Collection at University of California San Diego (UCSD). Commissioned in 1984 and produced by Richard Fleishner, the granite blocks are spread on the lawn south of Galbraith Hall on Revelle College at UCSD.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 21222
Stonehenge, or what is officially known as the La Jolla Project, was the third piece in the Stuart Collection at University of California San Diego (UCSD). Commissioned in 1984 and produced by Richard Fleishner, the granite blocks are spread on the lawn south of Galbraith Hall on Revelle College at UCSD.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 21223