Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth and round, making it appear like a dome cut in half. It stands at nearly 8,800 feet above sea level and is composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock that solidified several thousand feet within the Earth. At its core are the remains of a magma chamber that cooled slowly and crystallized beneath the Earth's surface. The solidified magma chamber was then exposed and cut in half by erosion, therefore leading to the geographic name Half Dome.[3]
^"Half Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
^"USGS FAQs - Recreation - Half Dome, the massive rock monument in Yosemite National Park". www.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
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the High Sierras, which included his famous image Monolith, the Face of HalfDome, which was taken with his Korona view camera, using glass plates and a...
and surroundings. One can see HalfDome, El Capitan, Yosemite Falls, North Dome, Basket Dome, and much more. Sentinel Dome provides a 360 degree view of...
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a side trip to the top of HalfDome, using cables to climb the rock. Permits must be obtained in advance to hike HalfDome, and back country permits are...
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Muir, Preservationist". An image of Muir, with the California condor and HalfDome, appears on the California state quarter released in 2005. A quotation...
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