Yosemite Half Dome Full Moon California National Park
California Yosemite Half Dome Full MoonHalf Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, located at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft (1,444 m) above the valley floor. An image of Half Dome, along with John Muir and the California Condor, appears on the California State quarter, released in January 2005. Half Dome was originally called "Tis-sa-ack," meaning Cleft Rock in the language of the local Native Americans. Yosemite is a national park located largely in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties, California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,266 acres or 1,189 square miles (3,081 km²) and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Yosemite is visited by over million people each year, with most visitors only seeing the seven square miles (18 km²) of Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. About 89% of the park is designated wilderness. Although not the first designated national park, Yosemite was a focal point in the development of the national park idea, largely owing to the work of people like John Muir.
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Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Photo credit: © Linda Sikes / Alamy / Afripics
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