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Yosemite National Park, California. Vernal Fall at low water, showing the massive character of the rock. There is not a single parting in the 300-foot cliff. No notch is cut by the stream. The cliff recedes by the scaling off of huge vertical rock sheets. In the lower right corner is a fragment of the last rock sheet that broke off. Circa 1913.
Yosemite National Park, California. Vernal Fall precipice at low water. In the foreground are characteristic current scoops developed in the massive rock. Beyond, a dark line of moss and grass reveals an incipient parting, developing parallel to the cliff face. Circa 1913.
Yosemite National Park, California. Isolated pad of sand, held in place by a moss fringe, on an otherwise bare rock slope. The moisture in the sand promotes the growth of the moss to maintain a balance between them. Circa 1913.
Yosemite National Park, California. Tuolumne Meadows, viewed from a dome at the west. Other domes appear in the foreground. 1903.
Yosemite National Park, California. McClure Peak and McClure Glacier, viewed from the north. In the foreground is a rock-basin lake. August 7, 1903.
Yosemite National Park, California. Eastward scarp of the Sierra Nevada. The camera stood on a crest just north of Parker Canyon and was directed southward. 1903. Photos ggk02088 and ggk02089 form a panorama.
Yosemite National Park, California. Up South Fork Dana Creek. On the left at the head of the valley are Parker Pass and Mono Pass. The Kuna-Koip mass forms the sky line near the middle. 1903. Photos ggk02120, ggk02121, ggk02122, ggk02123, ggk02124, ggk02125, ggk02126, ggk02127, ggk02128, and ggk02129 form a panorama.
Yosemite National Park, California. Sentinel Bridge on the Merced River. 1913.
Yosemite National Park, California. Dying forest of Murray pines between Tenaya Lake and Tuolumne Meadows. 1908.
Yosemite National Park, California. East side of a hill of exfoliating granite southwest of Tenaya Lake. Circa 1917.
Yosemite National Park, California. Mount Lyell and Lyell Glacier. Mount Lyell stands at the head of the Merced River and Tuolumne River and is the culminating peak in the central part of the Sierra Nevada. Lyell Glacier is the largest body of ice in the park. Circa 1914. Plate 14, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160. Photos mfe00373 and mfe00374 form a panorama.
Yosemite National Park, California. Lembert Dome. August 1936.
Yosemite National Park, California. Pinus albicaulis on Dana Plateau. The upward growth of the tree is restricted through some action of the wind, probably by the cutting effect of drifting ice particles. Some of the more prominent twigs are shorn of leaves. Circa 1907.
Yosemite National Park, California. West lobe of Lyell Glacier. August 18, 1904.
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Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from U.S. National Parks collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP). This data release supersedes Eagles-Smith, C.A., Nelson, S.J., Flanagan-Pritz, C.M., Willacker Jr., J.J., and Klemmer, A.J., 2018, Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 8.0, December 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TK6NPT. Please contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov for access.
Yosemite National Park, California. Glaciated mountain and valley floor of massive granite about three-quarters of a mile west of Tenaya Lake. Glacier boulders in the foreground. Circa 1917.
Yosemite National Park, California. Vernal Fall. September 1897.
Yosemite National Park, California. The dome above Nevada Falls. Mono County, California. September 1897.
Yosemite National Park, California. Hetch Hetchy Valley. View is east to Kolana Rock(?). 1906.
Yosemite National Park, California. Great morainal embankment, viewed from the top of Moraine Dome. In the foreground is the disintegrating upper slope of Moraine Dome, which was not touched by the ice of the last glacial stage. In the background is the Starr King group on the Yosemite upland. Circa 1914. Plate 31-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160.
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