Yosemite; Lyell Fork, Merced River, Half Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, July 17, 2010
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IMG_4827.JPG2 viewsA marmot who gets fat in summer eating handouts from the throngs of people who make it to the top of Half Dome.
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IMG_4828.JPG5 viewsThere always seems to be a resident Marmot at the top of a well traversed summit. It doesn't seem to matter that there is no apparent source of water up here, other than potholes of rapidly evaporating water collected during that last thunderstorm.
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IMG_4831.JPG6 viewsLooking northeast from the top of Half Dome up Tenaya Canyon, past the domes above Tenaya Lake, to Mt. Conness, 20 miles distant. See the gallery, "Yosemite, North, July 17, 2011", for up close views of Mt. Conness. on the northeastern border of Yosemite.
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IMG_4833.JPG8 viewsThe Professor has a moment of solitude on the prow of Half Dome overlooking Yosemite Valley.
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IMG_4836.JPG8 viewsCloser; looking northeast from the top of Half Dome up Tenaya Canyon, past the domes above Tenaya Lake, to Mt. Conness, 20 miles distant. Matterhorn Peak, on Yosemite's northern border is on the horizon, left frame.
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IMG_4837.JPG6 viewsWest, southwest from the summit of Half Dome, the snow-covered Sierra Crest rises east of June Lake and Mammoth on the far left. Mt. Clark is the highest point on the ridge in the right foreground. In the lower right is Little Yosemite Valley, where we camped the evening before.
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IMG_4838.JPG6 viewsEast, from the summit of Half Dome, snow-covered Banner Peak is the first significant summit from the left with the prominent snowfield high on its north face. Two days earlier, we passed through much of the northeast trending drainage in the foreground which rises to Tuolumne Pass, before dropping into Lyell Canyon where we began our loop.
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IMG_4839.JPG6 views
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IMG_4841.JPG6 viewsThe author on the prow of Half Dome overlooking Yosemite Valley to the west.
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IMG_4842.JPG6 views16mm wide angle view of the Professor on the summit of Half Dome overlooking Yosemite Valley to the west.
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IMG_4843.JPG6 views16mm wide angle view from the summit of Half Dome up Tenaya Canyon, past the domes above Tenaya Lake, to Mt. Conness, 20 miles distant.
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IMG_4844.JPG7 views16mm wide angle view from the summit of Half Dome west, southwest past the Merced River Drainage, and beyond the Clark Range.
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