Yosemite National Park

Jul 31 - Aug 3, 2003
World Cultural Heritage Site

Most of the photos were taken by my friend Eddie Lin.

Yosemite Valley entrance: Merced River, El Capitan (left) & Bridalveil Fall (right)

 Eddie "Turtle"
Lin & his dad 		El Capitan
3604 ft above the Merced River; world's largest granite rock 		2 climbers on
El Capitan 		Three Brothers Cathedral Rocks
"twin towers" North and Half
Domes 		Half Dome
(8842 ft) 		Half Dome
at twilight 		Half Dome
at dark 		Half Dome
from side
"stairway to heaven" on top of
Half Dome
(8.2-mile hike) 		hello! "crouching toad" Yosemite Falls
(2425 ft); highest in
North America; 2nd
highest in world

 Eddie
on a different day Upper Yosemite Fall
(1430 ft) 		Lower Yosemite Fall
(320 ft) 		Bridalveil Fall
(620 ft) 		Vernal Fall
(317 ft) 		downstream of
Vernal Fall
Nevada Fall
(594 ft) 		also Nevada Fall Eddie & me silky water Nevada & Vernal Falls
(from Glacier Point)

 		meadow
where's mom? courtship or ambush? undisturbed deer sighting North Dome in
Mirror Lake

 		Mirror Lake
North Dome Basket Dome bird's eye view
of Yosemite Valley
(atop Half Dome)

 another view never look behind :-) watch the mist rising
the "lonesome"
church 		the Milky Way
(star watch from
Glacier Point) 		Ursa Major
(aka the Big Dipper; the northern 7)
 		morning glider
 		mist under
Cathedral Rocks 		veiled face

Yan-Bin Jia