Yosemite

In 2006, my wife and I traveled to Yosemite National Park outside of Fresno, California. Photography is one of my hobbies and this park offered the opportunity to take some great pictures. The park is located about 3 hours east of Fresno and is part of a basalt granite deposit that was carved by glaciers thousands of years ago. Also located within the park are some spectacular waterfalls ( Upper Yosemite, Lower Yosemite and Bridalveil to name a few).

The upper picture is a view of Upper Yosemite Falls. The water that is coming over the falls is being fed by snow and ice melt from the previous winter traveling down the mountains to this point. Since the Yosemite area enjoyed an overabundance of snow fall in the winter of 2005-06 the flow of the falls was spectacular. By the Fall of the year, the flow is a trickle.

The lower picture include here is looking down Yosemite Valley from an overlook called Tunnel View. On the right is Bridalveil Falls and in the center background is Half Dome - a very tall granite dome that was split in half by an earthquake thousands of years ago.

These picture were taken in June 2006.