Yosemite National Park Photos   ::   Jewel of the Sierra.

Image 12646, Bridalveil Falls at sunset, with clouds and blue sky in the background. Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite drops 620 feet (188 m) from a hanging valley to the floor of Yosemite Valley., Bridalveil Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: bridalveil falls:california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07772, Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, hikers visible at precipice, viewed from John Muir Trail., Vernal Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:john muir:john muir trail:landscape:muir:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:vernal falls:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07648, Mule deer, Yosemite Valley., Odocoileus hemionus, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: animal:animalia:artiodactyla:black-tail deer:california:capreolinae:cervidae:chordata:deer:hemionus:mammal:mule deer:national parks:odocoileus:odocoileus hemionus:usa:vertebrata:vertebrate:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 12634, Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail., Vernal Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:inspirational:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:portfolio:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:vernal falls:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07754, Half Dome, Yosemite's iconic granite monolith, is lit up with gold hues at sunset., Half Dome, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:half dome:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 09952, Mammoth Peak and alpine meadows in the High Sierra, viewed from the Tioga Pass road just west of the entrance to Yosemite National Park. Late summer., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:mammoth peak:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite high country:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 09185, Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, Spring., Half Dome, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:half dome:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16066, Upper Yosemite Falls near peak flow in spring. Yosemite Falls, at 2425 feet tall (730m) is the tallest waterfall in North America and fifth tallest in the world. Yosemite Valley., Yosemite Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite falls:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 09938, Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset., Tuolumne Meadows, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:lembert dome:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:portfolio:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:tuolumne meadows:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 16114, Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below., Nevada Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:nevada falls:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 09955, Tenaya Lake is surrounded by epic granite domes, with Polly Dome on the left. Late afternoon, viewed from Olmsted Point., Tenaya Lake, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:tenaya lake:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 09945, Unicorn Peak at sunset, seen from Tuolumne Meadows. Cockscomb Peak rises in the distance., Tuolumne Meadows, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:inspirational:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:tuolumne meadows:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite high country:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 09949, Mammoth Peak and alpine meadows in the High Sierra are reflected in Tioga Lake at sunrise. This spectacular location is just a short walk from the Tioga Pass road. Near Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park., Tioga Lake, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:mammoth peak:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:tioga lake:tuolumne meadows:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite high country:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 09968, Glacial erratics atop Olmsted Point, with Clouds Rest in the background. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:glacial erratic boulder:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 16134, Yosemite Falls (upper, middle and lower sections) at peak flow, spring, Yosemite Valley., Yosemite Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite falls:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16135, Yosemite Falls is reflected in a springtime pool in flooded Cooks Meadow, Yosemite Valley., Yosemite Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite falls:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 12636, Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring. Hikers are seen at the precipice to Vernal Falls, having hiked up the Mist Trail to get there., Vernal Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:vernal falls:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16106, The Merced River, springtime flood and green trees, Yosemite Valley., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 12650, Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River., Fern Springs, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:fern spring:fern springs:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16129, Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below., Nevada Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:nevada falls:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16160, Bridalveil Falls with a rainbow forming in its spray, dropping 620 into Yosemite Valley, displaying peak water flow in spring months from deep snowpack and warm weather melt. Yosemite Valley., Bridalveil Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: bridalveil falls:california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 12677, Mountain dogwood, or Pacific dogwood, Yosemite Valley., Cornus nuttallii, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cornus nuttallii:dogwood tree:environment:flowering dogwood:landscape:mountain dogwood:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:pacific dogwood tree:plant:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:terrestrial plant:tree:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16077, Bridalveil Falls plummets 620 feet (200m). Yosemite Valley., Bridalveil Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: bridalveil falls:california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16080, Bridalveil Falls plummets 620 feet (200m). Yosemite Valley., Bridalveil Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: bridalveil falls:california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16084, Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River. Yosemite Valley., Fern Springs, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:fern spring:fern springs:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16094, Yosemite Falls by moonlight, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Star trails appear in the night sky. Yosemite Valley., Yosemite Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:evening:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:night:night time exposure:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:sky:star trail:stars:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite falls:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16099, Cathedral Rocks is reflected in flooded El Capitan Meadow, springtime morning. Yosemite Valley., El Capitan, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cathedral rocks:el capitan:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 16101, El Capitan rises above the Merced River, Yosemite Valley., El Capitan, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:el capitan:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 05444, El Capitan., El Capitan, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:el capitan:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 06959, El Capitan, Yosemite Valley., El Capitan, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:el capitan:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 05413, El Capitan and Merced River, Yosemite Valley., El Capitan, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:el capitan:environment:inspirational:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 06967, El Capitan and shaded road, Yosemite Valley., El Capitan, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:el capitan:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07048, Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley., Horsetail Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:el capitan:environment:flow:horsetail falls:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:portfolio:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07045, Lodgepole pine trees, Yosemite Valley., Pinus contortus, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:lodgepole pine tree:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:pine tree:pinus contortus:plant:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:terrestrial plant:tree:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 02326, Gates of the Valley and Merced River., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 07135, Cathedral Rocks and flooded El Capitan Meadow in late Spring, Yosemite Valley., El Capitan, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cathedral rocks:el capitan:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 02328, Half Dome and tree., Half Dome, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:half dome:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 03462, Cables guiding hikers to summit of Half Dome., Half Dome, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:half dome:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07039, Half Dome, Yosemite Valley., Half Dome, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:half dome:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 02349, Cathedral Peak, Tuolumne Meadows., Tuolumne Meadows, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cathedral peak:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:tuolumne meadows:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 07041, Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sentinel rock:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 02347, Glacier Point and trees., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 07130, Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, hikers visible at precipice, viewed from John Muir Trail., Vernal Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:vernal falls:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07126, Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring with hikers ascending Mist Trail, viewed from beside Merced River., Vernal Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:vernal falls:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 04636, Yosemite Falls., Yosemite Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:usa:yosemite falls:yosemite national park.
Image 07124, Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow., Yosemite Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite falls:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07116, Bridalveil Falls and Leaning Tower (right), late spring., Bridalveil Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: bridalveil falls:california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 07115, Bridalveil Falls with rainbow forming in its mist, late spring., Bridalveil Falls, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: bridalveil falls:california:cascade:environment:flow:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 02352, Sequoia trees., Sequoiadendron giganteum, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:forest:giant:giant redwood:giant sequoia:giant sequoia tree:grove:kings canyon national park:landscape:national park:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:plant:redwood:redwood tree:scene:scenery:scenic:sequoia:sequoia kings canyon national park:sequoia national park:sequoia tree:sequoiadendron giganteum:sierra:tall:terrestrial plant:tree:usa.
Image 03640, Giant Sequoia tree., Sequoiadendron giganteum, Mariposa Grove, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:forest:giant:giant redwood:giant sequoia:giant sequoia tree:grove:landscape:mariposa grove:national park:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:plant:redwood:redwood tree:scene:scenery:scenic:sequoia:sequoia tree:sequoiadendron giganteum:sierra:sierra nevada:tall:terrestrial plant:tree:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 07040, Three Brothers, Yosemite Valley., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:environment:landscape:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park.
Image 05467, Cathedral Rocks, Merced River., Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: california:cathedral rocks:environment:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:river:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:usa:water:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
Image 02325, Valley View, El Capitan (l), Bridalveil Fall (r)., Tunnel View, Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Keywords: bridalveil falls:california:cascade:el capitan:environment:flow:landscape:mountain and peak:national parks:nature:outdoors:outside:scene:scenery:scenic:sierra:sierra nevada:tunnel view:usa:water:waterfall:world heritage sites:yosemite:yosemite national park:yosemite park:yosemite valley.
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