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
Mammoth Peak (12,117') reflected in small tarn pond at sunrise, viewed from meadows near Tioga Pass.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25773
Hiker traversing the John Muir Trail to Fletcher Peak and Vogelsang Peak through alpine meadow in Yosemite's high country, trail on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23204
Fletcher Peak takes on the golden colors of sunrise, reflected in the still waters of Townsley Lake, in Yosemite's high country.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25787
Agaltha Peak, also know as El Capitan Peak, rises to over 1500' in height near Kayenta, Arizona and Monument Valley. Agathla Peak is an eroded volcanic plug consisting of volcanic breccia cut by dikes of an unusual igneous rock called minette.
Location: Kayenta, Arizona
Image ID: 28552
Hanging Basket Lake (10601'), with Fletcher Peak (11410') rising above on the right, panoramic view.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25753
Panorama dimensions: 4056 x 11895
Mammoth Peak (12,117') reflected in small tarn pond at sunrise, viewed from meadows near Tioga Pass.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25792
Vogelsang Lake (10324') and its grassy shoreline, with Fletcher Peak (11,408') rising above.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25793
Fletcher Peak (11410') at sunset, viewed from the approach to Vogelsang Peak, panoramic view.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25754
Panorama dimensions: 3437 x 10272
Mammoth Peak (12,117') rises above grassy meadows and granite boulders near Tioga Pass.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25786
Vogelsang Peak (11500') and the shoulder of Fletcher Peak, reflected in the still morning waters of Fletcher Lake, in Yosemite's gorgeous high country, late summer.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25788
Vogelsang Peak (11500') and the shoulder of Fletcher Peak, reflected in the still morning waters of Fletcher Lake, in Yosemite's gorgeous high country, late summer.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25789
Vogelsang Peak (11500') and tree, reflected in the still morning waters of Fletcher Lake, in Yosemite's gorgeous high country, late summer.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25790
Vogelsang Peak (11500') and tree, reflected in the still morning waters of Fletcher Lake, in Yosemite's gorgeous high country, late summer.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25791