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The Captain's Face

            A couple of hundred feet of the granite face of El Capitan, as seen from the bottom of Yosemite Valley, near the base of Cathedral Rocks.  El Cap's summit is at 7,573 ft (2,308 m) , while the valley floor is at just under 4,000 feet – with most of this distance being composed of a vertical cliff measuring about 3,000 feet (914 m) from base to summit along its tallest face.  It is, understandably, a world-famous objective for rock climbers – most recently showcased in the film *Free Solo*.

"El Capitan is composed almost entirely of a pale, coarse-grained granite emplaced approximately 100 MYA (million years ago). In addition to El Capitan, this granite forms most of the rock features of the western portions of Yosemite Valley. A separate intrusion of igneous rock, the Taft Granite, forms the uppermost portions of the cliff face.  A third igneous rock, diorite, is present as dark-veined intrusions through both kinds of granite, especially prominent in the area known as the North America Wall.  Along with most of the other rock formations of Yosemite Valley, El Capitan was carved by glacial action. Several periods of glaciation have occurred in the Sierra Nevada, but the Sherwin Glaciation, which lasted from approximately 1.3 MYA to 1 MYA, is considered to be responsible for the majority of the sculpting. The El Capitan Granite is relatively free of joints, and as a result the glacial ice did not erode the rock face as much as other, more jointed, rocks nearby. Nonetheless, as with most of the rock forming Yosemite's features, El Capitan's granite is under enormous internal tension brought on by the compression experienced prior to the erosion that brought it to the surface." [Wikipedia]

Taken in: United States / California / Yosemite Village (show map)

Taken on: August 7, 2019

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/7.1, 1/200 sec, 200mm (=300mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM2
Lens:	E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	200mm (35mm equivalent: 300mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	Low
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.2.1 (Macintosh)
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