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Sunrise at Tunnel View, Yosemite National Park.
I love Yosemite, but I also worry about posting photos from here because there are so many taken. This particular morning there had to be at least 20 other people standing here watching the sunrise and taking pictures. It was spectacular, but that's all due to mother nature.
I hope everyone is well and healthy. Let me know what you think.
Mike
This shot of El Capitan was taken last Spring. We were lucky enough to get a storm moving through the Valley, so we could get the clouds on the peaks. We'll see what this weekend holds. It could be just a cold, wet rainout. Fingers crossed.
Yosemite, California
As part of wildfire suppression the park service will at times light managed fires that mostly burn piles of dead wood, but do not damage the existing mature trees. The intent is to reduce the opportunity for wildfires to run amok and destroy the forest.
The day before there were a few such managed fires lit in Yosemite Valley and a tolerable amount of smoke was produced. Overnight a thermal inversion trapped the smoke close to the ground, producing the fog-like scene shown here. An active, smoke generating fire can see on the middle right edge of the frame near a now almost dry Bridalveil falls.
Later that morning I visited a very smoky, hazy El Capitan meadow. I will be posting two photos from that visit.
A setting looking to the east while taking in views across Yosemite Valley at Tunnel View. Beyond some nearby evergreens were the ridges and peaks of Cathedral Rocks and even a Half Dome far off in the distance of the image center left. My thinking in composing this image was to zoom in with the focal length to have much of those ridges and peaks fill the image from edge to edge. That image focus would also be on the portion of Yosemite Valley that sunlight had broken through some of the mostly cloudy skies.
Sunrise from Tunnel View, Yosemite Valley
This was made last Sunday morning, February 7th. A storm rolled in on Friday, then another on Saturday. From the weather forecasts it sounded like Sunday afternoon might be good, but instead my private workshop student and I were treated to this view on Sunday morning. This spot is usually better at sunset, but with just the right light and clouds it can work at sunrise too.
I lead group and private workshops in Yosemite through The Ansel Adams Gallery. My blog features a weekly photo critique that you can submit images for. Follow the links on my web site for more information.
Today's Sunday Slide of mine is result of working with one of several speed motion captures of mine from within a tunnel on the Lofoten islands.In hommage of a life full of choices HSS!
The tunnel view of El Capitan and Half Dome in the distance. Yosemite National Park, California, USA
...one mo time. This is my new favorite of the bunch. After this, I promise no more tunnel view shots... for at least a month!
Almost exactly a year ago, Eric and I drove over to Yosemite after an overnight snowstorm. One of our first stops was the Wawona Tunnel overlook where we watched the sun progressively warm the face of El Capitan. The valley below stayed frozen in fresh snow much longer as the low sun tried to make it's way over the towering walls above.
To give you a sense of scale, Half Dome is almost 7 miles away. View large to get the full imact. Another shot taken from the same location just a bit earlier is in comments below.
Happy New Year to all my Flickr friends! Thanks for your support and all the great pictures you've shared over the past year. I look forward to enjoying many more from all of you in the coming year!
September 27, 2017
Huge rock fall leaves one dead on El Capitan in Yosemite national park.
More than 30 climbers were on the face when the accident happened, rangers say, as witnesses describe slab "the size of an apartment building"
Yosemite National Park (California/ USA)
The Way out of the Shadows into the Light.
View outside a railway underpass of an abandoned railroad line.
Vom Schatten ins Licht.
Blick aus einem Tunnel der schon vor Jahren eingestellten Carlsbahn-Eisenbahnstrecke.
"Blasting Heat Forecast for US Western Sates"…7-01-13.
A Winter day in Yosemite sounds pretty good right now. Stay cool out there wherever you are....even its its only in your mind….
Watching the fog form and dissipate is in itself a show in Yosemite Valley. After significant snowmelt during the day and dwindling temperatures in the afternoon, fog began forming at the base of El Capitan and spreading across the valley. While waiting for a potential sunset show, I switched over to my ‘bigma’ lens for some intimate views of the fog action within the trees.
Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.
John Muir
While the Tunnel View overlook was full of people, this small spot on the side of the Wawona Road was filled with golden morning light.
Sunset on Half Dome at Yosemite National Park
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Half Dome and El Capitan spring from the clouds.
Taken in Yosemite National Park, California on February 19th, 2013.
Clouds forming over the valley in the afternoon. In a couple more hours, it will have rained. Yosemite National Park, California, USA, June 2023
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El Capitan is one of the world’s largest granite monoliths towering 1.219m (4,000ft) above Yosemite Valley.
Yosemite National Park (California/ USA)
Just Madness-- I tell you...how I love this place.., for me,
it's beauty is beyond words. Special
Thanks to the dork_poet for bring me closer to understanding life in this valley.
Classic view with El Capitan, Bridal Veil Falls, and Half-Dome as the sun is going down turning the rock walls red. Bridal Veil is in the right side of the photo and just a trickle this time of year.
OK, I know, this is an icon from Yosemite and I said I don't shoot icons. But it was perfect weather, and sunset, and we were up at tunnel view. I could not help myself!
Yosemite Valley, California
The sunrise was disappointing, but just as a consensus was developing to leave, the clouds and the sun shifted position and sunbeams came pouring down everywhere. We stayed.