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Showing posts with label El Capitan granite. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

If These Cliffs Could Talk: Leaning Tower and Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite

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Bridalveil Fall and Leaning Tower on Sunday afternoon Nature abhors cliffs as a general rule. Gravity dictates that cliffs will be a rar...
Monday, April 14, 2014

The Yosemite No One Sees in Summer...the Merced River Canyon

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The drought in California is horrific. It is quite probably the worst drought in centuries, but we received a slight respite in the form o...
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Sunday, November 11, 2012

How it was Yesterday: Yosemite Jumps From Fall Right Into Winter

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Mrs. Geotripper was a bit disappointed two weeks ago when I visited Yosemite Valley and she wasn't able to tag along. So it wasn'...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

A Day at Yosemite in the "Spring": The Iconic Rocks

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As I pointed out in yesterday's post , living near a spectacular, photogenic place like Yosemite means that putting a digital camera in...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Taking the High Ground: Yosemite as you (maybe) haven't seen it

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If the last few entries in the Yosemite series have left you with a fear of cliffs and steep drop-offs, I suggest today a slightly differen...
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Garry Hayes
I am a teacher of geology at Modesto Junior College and former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Far Western Section. I have led field trips all over the western United States, and a few excursions overseas, but my homebase is the Sierra Nevada, the Great Valley, and the Coast Ranges of California.
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