Vernal Falls Yosemite Valley National Park

I gathered this image of Vernal Falls while exploring in Yosemite Valley in the summer of 2003. Vernal Fall is a 317-foot (96.6 m) waterfall on the Merced River...
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I gathered this image of Vernal Falls while exploring in Yosemite Valley in the summer of 2003. Vernal Fall is a 317-foot (96.6 m) waterfall on the Merced River just downstream of Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park, California. Like its upstream neighbor, Vernal Fall is clearly visible at a distance, from Glacier Point, as well as close up, along the Mist Trail. The waterfall flows all year long, although by the end of summer it is substantially reduced in volume and can split into multiple strands, rather than a single curtain of water. Yan-o-pah (little cloud) was the local name of the fall before it was named "Vernal"- meaning relating to Spring - by Lafayette Bunnell, a member of the Mariposa Battalion in 1851. Visit if you can.
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