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Kings Canyon National Park, California. Sculpture of the south wall of Bubbs Creek canyon. The cleft has been eroded by an intermittent stream along a narrow zone of shearing in the granite. In the upper left is the path of a stream whose eroding action has not been favored by fractures. 1925.
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Album caption: Detail view of another part of the ice-scoured rock floor of Evolution Basin, near Sapphire Lake. In foreground, a series of crescentic gouges; beyond, two series of curved tension cracks. To the right some perfect gouges. Handwritten notes on album caption: Fresno County, California, 1921; Kings Canyon National Park, California. Index card: Matthes, F. E. 574: Detail view of part of the ice-soured rock floor of Evolution Basin, near Sapphire Lake. In foreground, a series of crescentic gouges; beyond, two series of curved tension cracks. To the right some imperfect gouges. Kings Canyon National Park, Fresno County, California, 1921. Note: The Francois E. Matthes' papers and field notebooks...
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Kings Canyon National Park, California. Down Rae Lake, showing Fin Dome on the left (mfe00735). 1925. Photos mfe00735 and mfe00736 form a panorama.
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Kings Canyon National Park, California. South from the north shoulder of the trough of Evolution Creek: The Hermit on the left, Mount Goddard to the left of center, and the McGee group on the right. 1921.
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Kings Canyon National Park, California. Bullfrog Lake, looking toward its outlet. The base of Kearsarge Pinnacles on the extreme left, then East Vidette and Deerhorn Mountain. West Vidette in the center. Mount Brewer in the right background (photo mfe00724). 1925. Photos mfe00723 and mfe00724 form a panorama.
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Album caption: Near view of Agassiz Column, a poised rock below Union Point, showing in its prismatic form the controlling effect of vertical and diagonal jointing. The cliffs aout the Yosemite Falls, in the background, reveal vertical, diagonal and horizontal master joints. Handwritten notes on album caption: Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. 1923. Published as Plate 47-B in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160. No index card. Plate 47-B caption: Agassiz Column. The prismatic form of Agassiz Column is determined wholly by intersecting planes, vertical and oblique. The column is the last remnant of a rock mass that was divided by many such fractures. The cliffs about the Yosemite...
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Kings Canyon National Park, California. Ice-scoured rock floor of Evolution Basin near Sapphire Lake. In the lower right corner are two crescentric gouges. At left center are curved tension cracks in parallel, overlapping series. The ice came from the left. 1921. Figure 30, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 329.
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Album caption: General view of the Nevada and Vernal Falls from Glacier point, showing the orientation of the two cliffs at right angles to each other. The Nevada Falls Cliff appears to be controlled by a N.E.-S.W. master joint; the Vernal Falls Cliff by a N.W.-S.E. master joint. Liberty Cap on the left. Back of it, the exfoliating Cascade Cliffs of the Little Yosemite Valley. In left background, Mount Florence; in right background, Mount Clark. The undulating plateau at the foot of Mount Clark is believed to represent a large remnant of a middle-Tertiary erosion surface. Yosemite Valley, California. Handwritten notes on album caption: Yosemite National Park, Marisposa County, California. circa 1913. Published...
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Album caption: Profile view of Glacier Point cliff. "Photographic Rock" juts out at the top. In the background is Half Dome. Yosemite National Park, California. Handwritten notes on album caption: Photo by A.C. Pillsbury, ca. 1913. Mariposa County, California. Published as Plate 20-B in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 160 (1930). Plate 20-B caption and Index card. Profile view of Glacier Point cliff. The man at the top stands on Photographers Rock, the smaller of the two overhanging slabs at the edge of the great precipice. In the background is Half Dome. Yosemite National Park, California. Mariposa County, California. ca. 1913. (Photo by Pillsbury) Published as Plate 20-B in U.S. Geological Survey Professional...


map background search result map search result map General view of the Nevada and Vernal Falls (Giant Stairway) from Glacier point. Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. circa 1914. Silhouette profile of the cliff at Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park, California. 1914. Northwest along Glacier Divide showing moraine-like accumulations of debris at the foot of a small nv patch. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. South from the north shoulder of the trough of Evolution Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. The McGee group, viewed from the mouth of a hanging cirque to the northeast. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. The Hermit, viewed from a point directly west on the shoulder of the trough of McGee Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. The Hermit, viewed from the south shoulder of the trough of Evolution Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. Ice-scoured rock floor of Evolution Basin near Sapphire Lake. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. Detail view of the ice-scoured rock floor of Evolution Basin, near Sapphire Lake. Kings Canyon National Park, California. 1921. Boulder pavement in the bed of Evolution Creek. Mount Wallace and Mount Darwin in the background. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. Glacial pavement in the bed of Evolution Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California.1921. The prismatic form of Agassiz Column. Yosemite National Park, California. 1914. Sculpture of the south wall of Bubbs Creek canyon. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Bullfrog Lake, looking toward its outlet. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Main Kearsarge Lake with University Peak in the left background and Kearsarge Pinnacles on the right. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. From the platform south of Fin Dome: part of Rae Lake with Dragon Peak on the left and Mount Rixford on the right. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Down Rae Lake, showing Fin Dome on the left. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California.1925. Fin Dome, viewed from the west. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Mount Bago and Mount Brewer group, viewed from Glen Pass. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Jagged blades and pinnacles of granite on the south side of Mount Bago. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Detail view of the ice-scoured rock floor of Evolution Basin, near Sapphire Lake. Kings Canyon National Park, California. 1921. Bullfrog Lake, looking toward its outlet. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Main Kearsarge Lake with University Peak in the left background and Kearsarge Pinnacles on the right. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. General view of the Nevada and Vernal Falls (Giant Stairway) from Glacier point. Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. circa 1914. Silhouette profile of the cliff at Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park, California. 1914. The prismatic form of Agassiz Column. Yosemite National Park, California. 1914. Northwest along Glacier Divide showing moraine-like accumulations of debris at the foot of a small nv patch. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. South from the north shoulder of the trough of Evolution Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. The McGee group, viewed from the mouth of a hanging cirque to the northeast. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. The Hermit, viewed from a point directly west on the shoulder of the trough of McGee Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. The Hermit, viewed from the south shoulder of the trough of Evolution Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. Ice-scoured rock floor of Evolution Basin near Sapphire Lake. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. Boulder pavement in the bed of Evolution Creek. Mount Wallace and Mount Darwin in the background. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1921. Glacial pavement in the bed of Evolution Creek. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California.1921. Sculpture of the south wall of Bubbs Creek canyon. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. From the platform south of Fin Dome: part of Rae Lake with Dragon Peak on the left and Mount Rixford on the right. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Down Rae Lake, showing Fin Dome on the left. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California.1925. Fin Dome, viewed from the west. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Mount Bago and Mount Brewer group, viewed from Glen Pass. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925. Jagged blades and pinnacles of granite on the south side of Mount Bago. Kings Canyon National Park. Fresno County, California. 1925.