We associate Yosemite with the photographs of Ansel Adams, who acknowledged Watkins as one of “the great Western photographers,” but it was Watkins who first turned Half Dome, Cathedral Rocks ...

Farrington noted that another rock slide closed Highway 120 into Yosemite National Park last year. In fact, many of Yosemite’s spectacular rock features, including Yosemite Valley itself, were carved ...

These include Yosemite Falls; the towering granite monolith, Half Dome; and the vertical rock formation, El Capitan. Popular hiking trails that travel through Yosemite Valley include the John Muir ...

Yosemite Valley is famous for its rock formations ... Nevada Falls, The 3 Brothers, Cathedral Rock, Half Dome, Sentinel Rock and of course, El Capitan. Don’t miss the view of Half Dome from ...