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Yosemite National Park, California. Weather pans (or pits) formed on the summit of North Dome, high above Yosemite Valley. Neighboring pans coalesce as a result of progressive expansion at the expense of intermediate partitions. Photo by U.S. National Park Service. Figure 45, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1595.
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Yosemite National Park, California. View down Yosemite Valley from Taft Point. Cathedral Rocks in the center. Entrance to Merced Gorge beyond. 1913.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Mount Clark, from the west wall of north cirque. Old cirque in the sunlight at the right. 1913.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Bridalveil Fall, viewed from Big Oak Flat Road, shows a cross section of a hanging valley and eaning tower at the right with master joint parallel to the left side of the valley. 1913.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Sheeting in porphyritic granite on ridge east of Vogelsang Lake. 1913.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Bold exposure of unjointed Half Dome Granodiorite (in sun) capped by mostly well-jointed tonalite (in shade) making up Glacier Point. The contact between the two rock types angles upward to the left. Figure 38, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1595.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Mariposa beds, below Pleasant Valley. 1913. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 160, Plate 26-B. 1930.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Hornblende gabbro from Oak Flat Road on the rockslides. Facies with irregular hornblende. January 1923. Spec. 14-C-7.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Glaciated rock west of the Tuolumne River, showing joints on stoss and lee sides and absence of shells. 1913.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Cascade Cliffs and Little Yosemite Valley. In few other places in the Yosemite region is the granite more continuously massive than in the Cascade Cliffs. Only one horizontal master joint divides the rock (in the lower left.) The scales on the cliffs are merely surficial features due to exfoliation. The dark streaks indicate the paths followed by the ribbon cascades which descend from the upland in the spring, when the snow is melting, and from which the cliffs take their name. In the background is Sugar Loaf (Bunnell Point). Circa 1914. Plate 45-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160. Note: The Francois E. Matthes' papers and field notebooks are housed in the Brancroft...
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Album caption: Yosemite Valley, California, with topographic map of the identical area, Half Dome in center. Handwritten notes on album caption: Yosemite National Park, Yosemite quad, Mariposa County; also in San Francisco Exposition no. 15. Geologists at Work subject album caption: Yosemite Valley, California, with topographic map of the identical area, Half Dome in centre. Yosemite quadrangle. No index card.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Cathedral Peak from near Cathedral Pass, showing joints vertical and summit pinnacles. 1913.
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Yosemite National Park, California. Gorge of the Merced River, looking downstream from Coulterville Road, near foot. 1913.
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Album caption: El Capitan from the northwest. Pond in the foreground. [Yosemite National Park] California. n.d. Index card unavailable.
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Album caption: Washington Column and Royal Arches, and their reflections in the Merced River. [Yosemite National Park] California. n.d. Yosemite National Park subject album handwritten caption: Nearer view of Washington Column and the Royal Arches. Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. See photo number 2. Similar to J.K. Hillers photo number 30(q). Index card unavailable.
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Album caption: Horestail Falls in Yosemite Valley. California. n.d. Handwritten notes on album caption: Mariposa County. Also San Francisco Exposition no. 66 Index card: (San Francisco Exposition no. 66): Horsetail Falls, Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. n.d.
map background search result map search result map Cathedral Peak near Cathedral Pass, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Mount Hoffman from Illilouette Ridge, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Mount Clark, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Mountain southwest of Rafferty Peak, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Gorge of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. El Capitan from the northwest. Yosemite National Park, California. n.d. Washington Column and Royal Arches reflected in Merced River. Yosemite National Park, California. n.d. Yosemite National Park, California. Weather pans (or pits) formed on the summit of North Dome, high above Yosemite Valley. A composite image: the top half is Half Dome; the bottom is the corresponding section of a topographic map. Yosemite National Park, California. Yosemite National Park, California. Horsetail Falls in Yosemite Valley. Cathedral Peak near Cathedral Pass, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Mount Hoffman from Illilouette Ridge, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Mount Clark, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Mountain southwest of Rafferty Peak, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. Gorge of the Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California. 1913. El Capitan from the northwest. Yosemite National Park, California. n.d. Washington Column and Royal Arches reflected in Merced River. Yosemite National Park, California. n.d. Yosemite National Park, California. Weather pans (or pits) formed on the summit of North Dome, high above Yosemite Valley. A composite image: the top half is Half Dome; the bottom is the corresponding section of a topographic map. Yosemite National Park, California. Yosemite National Park, California. Horsetail Falls in Yosemite Valley.