El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in late morning. – photo by Joe AlexanderThere is an area of whiter/lighter rock where there was a recent rockslide and sent tons of rubble into the valley.
They refer to late fall as “Rocktober” for the perfect weather for rock climbers.
Yosemite National Park is in eastern California, almost straight east across the state from San Francisco, and south of Reno, Nevada.
