Yosemite Falls Reflected - Explored!
Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America. Located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring (above) when the water flow is at its peak.
The total 739m from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall puts Yosemite Falls in the top 10 of the world's highest waterfalls.
The main village of the native people of Yosemite Valley, the Ahwahneechee, was located at the base of the falls. The Ahwahneechee called the waterfall "Cholock" ("the fall") and believed that the plunge pool at its base was inhabited by the spirits of several witches, called the Poloti. An Ahwaneechee folktale describes a woman going to fetch a pail of water from the pool, and drawing it out full of snakes. Later that night, after the woman had trespassed into their territory, the spirits caused the woman's house to be sucked into the pool by a powerful wind, taking the woman and her newborn baby with it.
Seen in early afternoon from the Swinging Bridge in early June 2002, with the falls almost as full as they can get. Scanned from a negative.
Yosemite Falls Reflected - Explored!
Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America. Located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring (above) when the water flow is at its peak.
The total 739m from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall puts Yosemite Falls in the top 10 of the world's highest waterfalls.
The main village of the native people of Yosemite Valley, the Ahwahneechee, was located at the base of the falls. The Ahwahneechee called the waterfall "Cholock" ("the fall") and believed that the plunge pool at its base was inhabited by the spirits of several witches, called the Poloti. An Ahwaneechee folktale describes a woman going to fetch a pail of water from the pool, and drawing it out full of snakes. Later that night, after the woman had trespassed into their territory, the spirits caused the woman's house to be sucked into the pool by a powerful wind, taking the woman and her newborn baby with it.
Seen in early afternoon from the Swinging Bridge in early June 2002, with the falls almost as full as they can get. Scanned from a negative.