An avalanche breaks loose from the edge of Half Dome as sunset light falls over Yosemite Valley.
Late afternoon autumn light falls across a grove of trees on the Merced River with the cliffs of Yosemite Fall beyond.
Liedig Meadow trees on an autumn afternoon with the cliffs of Yosemite Valley in the background.
Trees, stumps, and boulders in a recently burned area near Foresta, Yosemite National Park, California.
Fall color in a meadow near Yosemite Falls - Yosemite Valley, California.
Autumn Oak leaves hang in front of the LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
Sunset on Half Dome and El Capitan, photographed from Big Oak Flat Road, Yosemite National Park, California.
Fall color of oak trees in morning light at El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley, California
Autumn black oak branches and leaves silhouetted against blue sky, Yosemite Valley, California.
Four black oak trees with autumn colors in morning light, El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley, California.
A dense cottonwood grove near the Merced River illuminated by afternoon light, Yosemite Valley, California.
Late afternoon autumn light in Leidig Meadow, Yosemite Valley, California.
Detail view of last sunset light on the face of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California.
A grove of autumn cottonwood trees in the last sun as late afternoon shadows fall across the floor of Yosemite Valley near Yosemite Falls.
Horsetail Fall in the final sunset light on a mid-February evening, Yosemite Valley, California.
Photograph of Horsetail Fall - the "natural firefall" - along the eastern end of the face of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California.
Black and white photograph of North Dome and bare winter trees reflected in the Merced River near the swinging bridge, Yosemite Valley, California.
Black and white photograph of Bridalveil Fall and the Merced River canyon in morning backlight - Yosemite Valley, California.
Black and white photograph of backlit Half Dome framed by steep Yosemite Valley canyon walls including the face of El Capitan.
The spring torrent of Cascade Creek descends past Big Oak Flat Road on its way to the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California.
The spring torrent of cascade creek fills its narrow canyon with mist behind trees growing among the rocks.
Yosemite Fall and Lost Arrow emerge from drifting storm clouds, Yosemite Valley
Evening fog drifts among forest trees of Yosemite Valley
Clouds from an autumn storm drift among trees and spires along the rim of Yosemite Valley.
Mist from an autumn storm obscures trees growing on a steep ridge near the rim of Yosemite Valley.
Fall colors and mist along the Merced River, Yosemite Valley.
Moss on a tree trunk near LeConte Lodge comes back to life with autumn Rains, Yosemite Valley.
Evening fog drifts among forest trees on the floor of Yosemite Valley.
A grove of oak trees in El Capitan Meadow illuminated by late afternoon light.
Morning light on trees in and around Ahwahnee Meadow, Yosemite Valley.
Thin morning ground fog floats above the dry autumn grasses of Ahwahnee Meadow below the granite cliffs of Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley.
As an autumn storm begins to clear, fog and mist swirls among trees and ridges along the rim of Yosemite Valley.
Four black oak trees with early autumn foliage stand in late-afternoon light at El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley.
Late afternoon light reflected from the face of El Capitan gently illuminates a group of five ponderosa pines near El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley.
Morning sun light illuminates autumn trees at Ahwahnee Meadow and disolves the last remnants of morning ground fog, Yosemite Valley.
Fall colors come to Ahwahnee Meadow as storm clouds shroud the lower cliffs of Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley.
A rocky spire emerges from the mist of an autumn storm along the rim of Yosemite Valley.
Mist from an autumn storm flows across the crest of a curving ridge high on the walls of Yosemite Valley.
Trees recede into the distance in a quiet forest in the upper section of Yosemite Valley.
Forest trees are almost completely obscured by evening fog in Yosemite Valley.
The faint outline of trees engulfed in fog along a steep ridge near the rim of Yosemite Valley.
Meadow grasses made shiny by autumn rain, Yosemite Valley, California.
Autumn storm clouds swirl around the Upper Yosemite Fall, Lost Arrow, and the cliffs of Yosemite Valley.
A branch and autumn leaves lying on snow, Yosemite Valley, California.
Long exposure in evening light of the boulder-strewn confluence of Cascade and Tamarack Creeks, Yosemite National Park.
Black oak trees with a few remaining autumn leaves in foggy and snow-covered El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley.
Trees grow out of a small winter melt-water pool in Yosemite Valley, California.
A series of fixed climbing ropes cross the line of Horsetail Fall on El Capitan, Yosemite National Park.
Snow dusts winter oak trees in El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley
Trees grow below a granite cliff along the Merced River in Lower Yosemite Valley.
A young tree grows against a granite wall along the north side of Yosemite Valley
An early dogwood blossom and leaves in Yosemite Valley, California.
A torrent of water from melting spring snow rushed through a rocky section of Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park
The Merced River overflows its banks during the spring runoff and floods surrounding meadows and lowlands in Yosemite Valley.
An oak tree and a laurel tree grow next to a granite face along the north side of Yosemite Valley, California.
Runoff from spring snow melt rushes over boulders of Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park.
Evening light in a burned section of the forest on the floor of Yosemite Valley.
A small tree stands in the raging spring torrent of Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park.
Granite boulders deflect the turbulent flow of Cascade Creek as it descends to the Merced River, Yosemite National Park.
Mist and spray from spring runoff fill the air in the boulder-strewn canyon of Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park.
Oak trees and golden grasses in late October. El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley
Golden yellow maple leaves in dappled sunlight on the forest floor in Yosemite Valley.
Black and white photograph of last evening light on El Capitan and Yosemite Valley with new snow and drifting fog.
Black and white photograph of branches and their reflections in the smooth surface of the autumn Merced River in Yosemite Valley.
Black and white photograph of Yosemite Valley dogwood tree blossoms.
Black and white photograph of the windblown spray at the top of Bridalveil Fall catching early morning light with a single tree silhouetted against the sky.
Dogwood blossom in Yosemite Valley
Evening photograph of Yosemite Valley from Old Inspiration Point
Tiny spring flowers along the shoreline of Mirror Lake in Yosemite Valley
Black and white photograph of evening scene in the meadow near the Yosemite Valley Chapel
Black and white photograph of morning light on El Capitan, Clouds Rest, and Half Dome - Yosemite National Park, California
Two spring dogwood flowers photographed in Yosemite Valley
Even photograph from Glacier Point - Vernal and Nevada Falls with alpenglow on Mt. Clark
Waterfall on Cascade Creek along Big Oak Flat Road near Yosemite Valley
Evening photograph from Glacier Point showing North Dome, Hanging Basket Dome, and Mt. Hoffman.
Yosemite Valley hikers cross Chapel Meadow on boardwalks near a seasonal spring pond
Yosemite falls in the early evening as viewed from Glacier Point
Early evening view of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls, and Glacier Point with haze.
A group of tourists at the base of Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California
Alpenglow illuminates the northwest face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park. Photographed from Glacier Point.
Black and white photograph of morning light on the Merced River canyon leading into Yosemite Valley with Bridalveil Fall in the distance.
Cloud shadows cross the face of North Dome in late afternoon light. Mt. Hoffman in the distance. Photographed from Glacier Point.
Black and white photograph of Glacier Point, strongly backlit by late afternoon light, with Yosemite Valley and Yosemite Falls beyond
Color photograph of Cascade Creek Falls along Big Oak Flat Road in Yosemite National Park, California
The last sunset light sweeps across the upper northwest face of Half Dome
Evening at Inspiration Point, the original "Valley View" - Yosemite National Park, California
Sunset light on Horsetail Falls, Yosemite Valley's "original firefall."
Black and white photograph of sunset light on Horsetail Falls, Yosemite Valley's "original firefall."
Dogwood blossoms in the shade of a Yosemite Valley forest
A group of dogwood flowers in the forest of Yosemite Valley
Dogwood flowers and branches deep in the forest in Yosemite Valley
Three dogwood flowers in the sunlight.
Black and white photograph of a bus in the parking lot and tourists lined up for their self-portrait at Yosemite Valley Tunnel View
Black and white photograph of the narrow space between two buses, several people waiting by the buses, and a group getting its self-portrait at the Yosemite Valley View parking lot.
Setting winter sun and evening haze backlight an old oak tree in snow-covered El Capitan Meadow, Yosemite Valley, California.
Afternoon shadows in El Capitan Meadow with wam light partly illuminating trees and people in the meadow. Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park.
Early morning fog above an oak-studded meadow in Yosemite Valley, with the cliffs of Half Dome and Glacier Point above. Yosemite National Park, California
Rocks and reflections in the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Callifornia
Gates of the Valley and the Merced River, Autumn - Yosemite Valley, California
A lone tree growing against a cliff face in Yosemite Valley near the Ahwahnee Hotel
Yosemite Falls in mist following an autumn rain storm.
Autumn trees along the Merced River near El Capitan Meadow Bridge - Yosemite Valley, California
Fall color along the banks of the Merced River at the El Capitan Meadow Bridge, Yosemite Valley
The mist of an autumn rainstorm shrouds upper Yosemite Falls.
Fall foliage in Ahwahnee Meadow on a foggy and raining November day - Yosemite Valley, California
Yosemite Falls and Valley meadow and forest in an autumn rain storm.
Autumn foliage lines the riverbanks as rain falls on the Merced River near Cathedral Rocks - Yosemite Valley
A solitary oak with autumn foliage against the backdrop of a dense pine forest in Yosemite Valley near El Capitan Meadow
Brilliantly colorful autumn oak trees in El Capitan Meadow with fog shrouded cliff face beyond - Yosemite Valley, California.
A fog shrouded arete on the cliffs of Yosemite Valley near Glacier Point
An oak tree with autumn color against a cliff face, Yosemite Valley, California
Autumn colors come to the oak groves in El Capitan Meadow with Cathedral Rocks in the distance - Yosemite Valley, California
Autumn colors on oak trees in El Capitan Meadow with mist-shrouded cliffs beyond - Yosemite Valley, California
Oak tree with orange foliage in a Yosemite Valley meadow as light rain falls.
A Yosemite Valley dogwood tree takes on pastel autumn colors
Yellow autumn oak leaves during rain in Yosemite Valley, California
Burnt trees in a managed fire area of Yosemite Valley
Colorful fall foliage on branches of a Yosemite Valley oak tree with walls of the valley seen faintly though rain.
A colorful autumn oak tree stands in a meadow on a rainy day with Upper Yosemite Fall beyond - Yosemite Valley, California
Forest-rimmed near Liedig Meadow and the lower face of the Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley, California.
Spring runoff water in Tenaya Creek flows over and around two rocks and reflects the colors of spring growth, Yostmite National Park, California
Light filters through the branches of a blooming dogwood tree, Yosemite Valley.
Two rocks submerged by spring runoff water in Tenaya Creek with reflectioned light from new growth on the opposite bank, Yosemite Valley, California.
Spring dogwood tree blossoms and new leaves, Yosemite Valley
Tenaya Creek spring runoff flows over and onto rocks and tree stumps, Yosemite Valley.
A spring dogwood blossom cradled in dogwood leaves and branches, Yosemite Valley
The first view of Half Dome and El Capitan upon arriving at Yosemite Valley in the early morning.
Morning light illuminates a small portion of the vertical face of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley.
Spring dogwood tree blossoms and leaves in Yosemite Valley
A single blossom and a few leaves on the branches of a dogwood tree, Yosemite Valley, California.
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Early spring view of the trees and new grass of El Capiton with the lower face of Cathedral Rocks and the Yosemite Valley rim beyond.
Water droplets from a passing shower on dogwood tree leaves, Yosemite National Park
A mother black bear and her two cubs practice their tree-climbing skills in Yosemite Nataional Park, California
Soft overcast light illuminates tall trees covered with moss following early morning rain in Yosemite Nataional Park, California.
Ground growing False Solomon's Seal plants and flowers after morning rain - along Highway 120 in Yosemite National Park, California.
The leaves and branches of a spring oak tree above the cliffs of Yosemite Valley, California
A late season dogwood blossom along highway 120 after morning rain - Yosemite National Park, California
Backlit forest and shaded cliff face in Yosemite Valley, California.
Autumn oak trees and meadow with background cliff face towering above - Yosemite Valley, California.
