Yosemite Falls
by Eric Glaser
Title
Yosemite Falls
Artist
Eric Glaser
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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"Yosemite Falls"
Spectacular Yosemite Falls is the tallest waterfall in North America, plunging a jaw-dropping 2,425 feet - nearly a half-mile - from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. For me, to see and explore these amazing falls in person is not only a vision to be remembered forever, but a sublime sensory experience as well. There’s a (very strenuous) hiking trail alongside it that will take you all the way to the top, and you’ll often get thoroughly drenched with ice-cold spray in spring and early summer when the flow is at its peak. My favorite part is its roar; you’ll hear it throughout Yosemite Valley, and even inside your room at nearby Yosemite Valley Lodge should you be lucky enough - as I was - to stay there.
As with nearly everything in Yosemite Valley, to try to convincingly capture such size and magnificence in a small static two-dimensional photograph like this one is almost laughable.
Source of the Falls:
Yosemite Creek, which flows over this waterfall, is fed entirely by snow melt. At its peak in late spring, 2,400 gallons per second can flow over the lip of the upper fall. Yosemite Falls usually runs dry by late summer.
Yosemite Falls is made of the upper fall, middle cascades, and lower fall, all dropping a total of 2,425 ft. (740 m).
Yosemite Falls
Yosemite National Park
California
United States
Copyright © Eric Glaser. All Rights Reserved.
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May 6th, 2022
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