Sunrays over Yosemite National Park

Yosemite Valley with Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, USA.

Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals. The park has an elevation range from 2,127 to 13,114 feet (648 to 3,997 m) and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral-oak woodland, lower montane forest, upper montane forest, subalpine zone, and alpine.

The geology of the Yosemite area is characterized by granitic rocks and remnants of older rock. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and then tilted to form its relatively gentle western slopes and the more dramatic eastern slopes. The uplift increased the steepness of stream and river beds, resulting in formation of deep, narrow canyons. About 1 million years ago, snow and ice accumulated, forming glaciers at the higher alpine meadows that moved down the river valleys. Ice thickness in Yosemite Valley may have reached 4,000 feet (1,200 m) during the early glacial episode. The downslope movement of the ice masses cut and sculpted the U-shaped valley. (Description from Wikipedia)

Movies filmed partly or entirely in Yosemite, including documentaries
'Tis Tough to Be Tender (1918)
36 Hours (1965)
Am Limit (2007) (German)
America's Great Parks (1998)
Ansel Adams, Photographer (1957)
Back to Nature (1936)
Between Creation and Destruction (2007)
Bridal Veil Falls (1901)
Bridal Veil Falls (U.S. Interior Dept.) (1903)
Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
Cavalry Manoeuvre, A (1901)
Coaching Party, Yosemite Valley (1901)
Cupid Angling (1918)
Down to Earth (1917)
Dragon Painter, The (1919)
Easiest Way, The (1931)
Eiger Sanction, The (1970)
Elements - Ein Slackline Abenteuer (2008)
Faith of the Strong, The (1919)
Forever, Darling (1956)
Free Soul, A (1931)
General Sutter (1999)
Giant of Thunder (1990)
Giant of Thunder Mountain, The (1991)
Golden Dreams (2001)
Gone, But Not Forgotten (2003)
Gran Turismo 4 (2004)
Great Outdoors, The (1989)
I Am That Girl (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Junior Luck (1929)
Just Jim (1915)
Killer: Dead or Alive (2006)
Land of Enchantment (Yosemite Valley), The (1917)
Lass of the Lumberlands, A (1916)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1920)
Long, Long Trailer, The (1953)
Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns (1971)
Mail Coach Yosemite Valley (U.S. Interior Dept.) (1903)
Maverick (1994)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Moodtapes: Natural Environments - Whispering Waters (1992)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
National Parks: America's Best Idea, The (2009) (Ken Burns)
Nevada Falls (1901)
Normal, California (2007)
Order of the Eagle (1989)
People's Lawyer, The (1975)
Picturesque Yosemite (1901)
Please (1933)
Secret Yosemite (2007)
Seeing America (1916)
Sergeant, The (1910)
Shining, The (1980)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Smouldering Fires (1925)
Soarin' Over California (2001)
Spirit of '76, The (1917)
Spirit of Yosemite (2001) (Shown at visitor center)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Tim Janis: Beautiful America (2004)
Trap, The (1922)
Vernal Falls (U.S. Interior Dept.) (1903)
Vertical Frontier (2002)
Wall Rats (2006)
Waterfalls of Yosemite Valley (1913)
Wawona, Big Tree (1901)
Wonderful Waterfall, A (1901)
Yosemite (1927)
Yosemite, The (1914)
Yosemite: Ascending Rhythm (2000)
Yosemite National Park and Big Trees of California (1913)
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven (1989)
Yosemite: The World's Most Spectacular Valley (2001)
Yosemite Three (2009)
Yosemite Trail, The (1922)
Yosemite the Magnificent (1941)
Yosemite Valley (1917)
Yosemite Valley in Winter, The (1913) (From http:--yosemitenews.info-forum, Bob Weaver)
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