Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park in
the central eastern portion of California, commonly referred to as Northern
California. The park covers an area of 747,956 acres (302,687 ha). Over 3.7
million people visit Yosemite each year: most spend the majority of their time (including
us) in the seven square miles (18 km2) of Yosemite Valley. Yosemite
National Park was designated a World Heritage Site in 1984.
Yosemite is internationally recognized for its
spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves and
biological diversity. One famous granite
monolith is El Capitan which is a vertical rock formation located on the north
side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. El Capitan extends about 3,000
feet (900 m) from base to summit along its tallest face. Source: Wikipedia
Personal Note: These are the postcards which I would
have love to buy (but could not find then) when we visited Yosemite in 2008.
The first postcard of El Capitan came from ShyAnn64 (30 June 2015) Swap-bot. The second postcard (featured below) came from Bianca (31 August 2015) Swap-bot.
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