Yosemite

Yosemite National Park is known the world over and really needs no introduction. Thousands of people fly over the park every day but few see it or recognize it if they are looking. Yosemite is quite spectacular from the air, as clearly shown below.


Yosemite valley and El Capitan peeking out from beneath the clouds.


Yosemite Valley, Half Dome at right.


Half Dome at upper right.


Close shot of Half Dome.


Stereogram of Half Dome and vicinity.
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Upper El Capitan brightly illuminated in the late afternoon sunshine. Upper Yosemite Falls can be seen in shadow above and to the right of El Capitan (click to enlarge).


El Capitan stands out in the foreground. To its lower right, and clearly visible during one of the rare times when it's actually illuminated in direct sunshine is Bridal Veil Fall. Half Dome towers over the upper-right corner of the image; below and to its right, in shadow, can be seen Nevada Falls and Vernal Falls. Even Upper Yosemite Falls can be seen (barely visible in shadow) in this shot, up and to the left of El Capitan.
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Wide shot of Yosemite; El Capitan in lower-left quadrant and Half Dome in upper right. The telltale vertical white line of Upper Yosemite Falls can be clearly seen to the upper right of El Capitan. Mono Lake appears in the upper-right corner of the image.


Close shot of El Capitan.
Optical distortion visible at the bottom of the image is caused by the aircraft window.


Yosemite in the summer heat.


Upper Yosemite Falls can just barely be discerned just left of the center of this image.
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El Capitan and a good portion of the valley are visible in this view.


Same shot, different day...
Shadows of the late afternoon obscure much of the valley.


Half Dome casts its late afternoon shadow over the trees beyond.


January 2009, El Capitan.


A closer crop of El Capitan.


January 2009, Half Dome.


And a closer crop of Half Dome.


Snow-capped El Capitan peeking out from beneath the clouds.


May 2009, stitched from 4 images. The falls are all in sunlight.


May 2009, more falls in sunlight.

More information about Yosemite National Park [wikipedia].