Ribbon Falls at Yosemite National Park - Sierra Nevada Mountains California
by Silvio Ligutti
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Ribbon Falls at Yosemite National Park - Sierra Nevada Mountains California
Artist
Silvio Ligutti
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Photograph - Photography
Description
In my exploration of Yosemite Valley, -deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains-, I came across this sliver of a fall, aptly named "Ribbon Falls." Ribbon Creek freely drops 491 meters down to El Capitan Gully. The late afternoon sun reflected on the massive granite walls, not quite giving off that golden hour light, but still a pleasant one. Thanks for looking.
From Wikipedia:
Ribbon Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, flows off a cliff on the west side of El Capitan and is the longest single-drop waterfall in North America. The fall is fed by melting winter snow; while therefore dry for much of the year, the fall is a spectacular 1,612 feet (491 m) in the spring. In exceptional years, an ice cone develops at its base during the winter months similar to that which usually forms beneath Upper Yosemite Fall. This deposit can reach a depth of 200 feet, versus 322 feet for the greatest depth of the ice cone beneath the Upper Fall and Lower Fall. It is the tallest, continuous falls waterfall in the United States.
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March 30th, 2016
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