File:TenayaCanyon.jpg

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English: Tenaya Canyon, viewed from Glacier Point, is a typical U-shaped glacial canyon/valley (c. 1914).
  • Located in Yosemite National Park, California.
  • At the right is Half Dome, and just beyond is the summit of Clouds Rest. At the left is Basket Dome, and above it in the far distance is Mount Hoffmann, white with snow. In the center, darkened by the shadow of a cloud, is Mount Watkins; and below it, at the mouth of the canyon, is Mirror Lake.
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  • Photo by A.C. Pillsbury, circa 1914.
  • Plate 8-A, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160.
Date circa 1914
date QS:P,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/show_picture.cgi?ID=ID.%20Matthes,%20F.E.%20%20648&SIZE=large
Author A.C. Pillsbury

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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

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