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Half Dome
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This is a shot of Half Dome from our second campsite on our trip to Yosemite. This was just before the sun rose from behind it.
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Half Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located in northeastern Mariposa County, California, at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley—possibly Yosemite's most familiar sight. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft above the valley floor.
Half Dome is nearly as whole as it ever was. The impression from the valley floor that this is a round dome which has lost its northwest half is an illusion. From Glacier Point or from Washburn Point, Half Dome can be seen as a thin ridge of rock oriented northeast-southwest, with its southeast side almost as steep as its northwest side except for the very top. Although the trend of this ridge, as well as that of Tenaya Canyon, is probably controlled by master joints, 80 percent of the northwest "half" of the original dome may well still be there.
On March 28, 2009, a large rock slide occurred off of Awhiyah Point. The slide happened at 5:26 a.m and damaged a large area under the dome. No one was injured but hundreds of trees were knocked down and a portion of the Mirror Lake trail was buried. The slide registered on seismographs as a 2.5 earthquake. [wikipedia] |
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(5989) - [2009-08-19 21:52]
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Hello Michael,
Yosemite is an awesome place, I had the opportunity to visit there a few months ago, you took and excellent shot of El Capitan
.. Well done
Everton
Hi Michael,
This is Half Dome; not El Capitan. I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to Yosemite. I spent lots of time there years ago even hiked from there to Mount Whitney.
Your image is very uniform in tonal value. I think a bit of enhancing may help. Also perhaps cropping out the half tree and some of the sky would make Half Dome feel more imposing and impressive.
TFS
Evelynn : )
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