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America's Wild Spaces: Yosemite

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  • Half Dome, trees and moon at dusk. At nearly 5,000 feet high, Half Dome is Yosemite Park's tallest granite peak.
  • Glacier Point is a viewpoint in Yosemite Valley.
  • Half Dome at sunset.
  • Tree framing Half Dome is a re-creation of an Ansel Adams photo.
  • Sunset over Yosemite Valley.
  • A tree scientist pulls himself across traverse line to Giant Sequoia canopy.
  • Pine trees blanket Yosemite Valley.
  • A tree scientist ascends rope to canopy of Giant Sequoia.
  • A flowering tree with Half Dome in the distance.
  • El Capitan from a meadow. El Capitan is about 3,000 feet high.
  • A climber ascends a rock face.
  • A lone tree on the top of Half Dome.

  • Granite Tower

    Photograph by Anastasia Cronin/NGT

    Half Dome, trees and moon at dusk. At nearly 5,000 feet high, Half Dome is Yosemite Park's tallest granite peak.

  • Spectacular Views

    Photograph by Anastasia Cronin/NGT

    Glacier Point is a viewpoint in Yosemite Valley.

  • Rocky Sunset

    Photograph by Anastasia Cronin/NGT

    Half Dome at sunset.

  • Photo Re-Creation

    Photograph by Anastasia Cronin/NGT

    Tree framing Half Dome is a re-creation of an Ansel Adams photo.

  • Yosemite Sunset

    Photograph by Anastasia Cronin/NGT

    Sunset over Yosemite Valley.

  • Sequoia Zip Lining

    Photograph by Anastasia Cronin/NGT

    A tree scientist pulls himself across traverse line to Giant Sequoia canopy.

  • Sea of Trees

    Photograph by Jupiter Images/Royalty Free

    Pine trees blanket Yosemite Valley.

  • Giant Tree Canopy

    Photograph by Anastasia Cronin/NGT

    A tree scientist ascends rope to canopy of Giant Sequoia.

  • Nature's Beauty

    Photograph by Jupiter Images/Royalty Free

    A flowering tree with Half Dome in the distance.

  • Granite Giant

    Photograph by Jupiter Images/Royalty Free

    El Capitan from a meadow. El Capitan is about 3,000 feet high.

  • Rock Climbing

    Photograph by BrandX/Royalty Free

    A climber ascends a rock face.

  • Surviving the Summit

    Photograph by Jupiter Images/Royalty Free

    A lone tree on the top of Half Dome.
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