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
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
Hiker admires Townsley Lake (10396') and the Cathedral Range in Yosemite's High Sierra.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23227
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
Mammoth Peak, reflected in a small alpine tarn (pond) at Tioga Pass, with meadow grasses and trees.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23269