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Mount Starr King / Yosemite National Park
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0711 2050 (2011-07-24)Copyright © 2011 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Jun 10, 2011
location
Yosemite National Park (Mariposa County, California, US)notes Mount Starr King (elev. 9,092 ft.) is an example of a dome created by sheet jointing and exfoliation of a granitic intrusion. The batholith here is composed of Half Dome Granodiorite, intruded during the Cretaceous period, about 86-88 million years ago.keywords: geology, earth science, dome, exfoliation, erosion
camera Canon 40D, 70mm, f/11, 1/200 sec.
photo category: Misc. - geology
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