Cascading recklessly down towering cliffs, Yosemite Valley's waterfalls bring inspiration and delight to millions of visitors each year. The Valley's waterfalls are renowned throughout the world not only for their height and number but for their astonishing variety - from "ephemerals" that spring briefly to life after rainstorms to roaring "majors" such as Bridalveil Fall. Granite, Water, and Light captures the magnificence of these natual displays, explains their geological structures, and offers details such as where to best view the waterfalls. Lively and informative, this is a book that opens our minds to knowledge and our eyes to wonder.
A former ranger at Yosemite National Park, Mike Osborne has been a photographer there for more than thirty-five years. His images have been used in educational and interpretive programs and in literature supporting the National Park Service, the Yosemite Association, and the Yosemite Fund. Osborne is also a contributing photographer to the book First Light: Five Photographers Explore Yosemite's Wilderness, available Summer 2009.
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