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English: The granites of Yosemite Valley and Half Dome are part of an extensive, Cretaceous-aged intrusive complex in eastern California called the Sierra Nevada Batholith. The complex consists of numerous individual plutons, many of which are old, cooled magma chambers that were originally beneath ancient subduction zone volcanoes.
The view from Glacier Point, left to right: Tenaya Canyon, Half Dome, Liberty Cap, Little Yosemite Valley, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall. Glacier Point is a viewpoint above Yosemite Valley in the U.S. state of California. It is located on the south wall of Yosemite Valley at an elevation of 7,214 feet (2,199 m), 3,200 feet (980 m) above Curry ...
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The Half Dome Cable Route hike runs from the valley floor to the top of the dome in 8.2 mi (13 km) (via the Mist Trail), with 4,800 ft (1,460 m) of elevation gain. The length and difficulty of the trail used to keep it less crowded than other park trails, but trail traffic grew to as many as 1,000 people a day, and about 50,000 per year, before ...
Most of Half Dome’s fatal falls occur during rainy weather.) ... And as can be attested by the lengthy scuff mark on Half Dome’s east face, visible from Olmsted Point or in aerial photos, the ...
The Yosemite Firefall was a summertime event that began in 1872 and continued for almost a century, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park to the valley 3,000 feet (900 m) below. From a distance it appeared as a glowing waterfall. The owners of the Glacier Point Hotel conducted the firefall.
The youngest Yosemite Valley pluton is the 87-million-year-old Half Dome granodiorite, which makes up most of the rock at Glacier Point, the Royal Arches, and its namesake, Half Dome. Half Dome from Washburn Point. For the last 30 million years, glaciers have periodically filled much of the valley.