Tenaya Canyon and Yosemite Valley (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Tenaya Canyon and Yosemite Valley

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Tenaya Canyon (center) and part of Yosemite Valley (foreground) as seen from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. Tenaya Creek likely started to scour this granite canyon below Half Dome (center right) about 5 to 10 million years ago, with glaciers arriving about 2.5 million years ago to sculpt the classic glacial valley outlines.

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Greg Stock/National Park Service

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