Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap rising above it. Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 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: 16127
Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap rising above it. Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 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: 16128
Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 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: 16129
Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap (center) and Half Dome (left). Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 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: 16130
Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 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: 16131
Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 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: 16132
Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap rising above it. Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 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: 16133
Black bear on granite rock. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18826
Black bear on granite rock. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18872
Moebius Arch, a natural rock arch found amid the spectacular granite and metamorphose stone formations of the Alabama Hills, near the eastern Sierra town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21745
Moebius Arch, a natural rock arch found amid the spectacular granite and metamorphose stone formations of the Alabama Hills, near the eastern Sierra town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21746
Moebius Arch, a 17-foot-wide natural rock arch found amid the spectacular granite and metamorphose stone formations of the Alabama Hills, near the eastern Sierra town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21747
Moebius Arch, a natural rock arch found amid the spectacular granite and metamorphose stone formations of the Alabama Hills, near the eastern Sierra town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21755
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: 21760
Moebius Arch, a natural rock arch found amid the spectacular granite and metamorphose stone formations of the Alabama Hills, near the eastern Sierra town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21768
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: 21770
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: 21771
Moebius Arch, a 17-foot-wide natural rock arch found amid the spectacular granite and metamorphose stone formations of the Alabama Hills, near the eastern Sierra town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21749
The Alabama Hills, with characteristic curious eroded rock formations formed of ancient granite and metamorphosed rock, next to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21757
Panorama dimensions: 2255 x 4366
The Alabama Hills, with characteristic curious eroded rock formations formed of ancient granite and metamorphosed rock, next to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21758
Black bear on granite rock. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18777
Black bear on granite rock. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18811
The Alabama Hills, with characteristic curious eroded rock formations formed of ancient granite and metamorphosed rock, next to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21753
The Alabama Hills, with characteristic curious eroded rock formations formed of ancient granite and metamorphosed rock, next to the Sierra Nevada mountains and the town of Lone Pine.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21754
Mount Whitney rises above the Whitney Portal Road which leads to the trailhead from which Mt. Whitney is usually approached by climbers. 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.
Location: California
Image ID: 21762