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American Landscapes: Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park
Feature Page
January 2005

Acadia National Park

Badlands National Park

Colorado Plateau

Minnesota Boundary Waters

Olympic National Park

Volcanoes National Park

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yosemite National Park

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Photograph by Galen Rowell, Mountain Light

A swirling, ethereal dawn over Tioga Pass illuminates a land that has inspired almost religious devotion from those who have drawn near. These prophets—such as writer John Muir and photographer Ansel Adams—saw Yosemite's light and spread the word.