Yosemite Wonders

Muir believed that the stunning beauty of the Yosemite valley deserved to be protected so that people from all around the world could view. From the first time Muir saw the Sierra Nevadas he regarded them very highly, “a landscape was displayed that after all my wanderings still appears as the most beautiful I have ever beheld. At my feet lay the Great Central Valley of California” (Muir 2). Muir goes further in detail as to why it was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen, “Along the top and extending a good way down, was a rich pearl-gray belt of snow; below it a belt of blue and dark purple, marking the extension of the forests… from the blue sky to the yellow valley smoothly blending as they do in a rainbow, making a wall of light ineffably fine. Then it seemed to me that the Sierra should be called, not the Nevada or Snowy Range, but the Range of Light” (Muir 2 and 3). This beauty that Muir describes in his book The Yosemite was one of the major contributors to his founding of the Yosemite valley as a national park (Muir 1-3).

John Muir or the writer of The Incomparable Yosemite put in his writing how Yosemite's rocks feel and how soft they are "how softly these rocks are adorned" states the reading.Also "their feet among beautiful groves and meadows, their brows in the sky, a thousand flowers leaning confidingly against their feet, bathed in floods of water, floods of light, while the snow and waterfalls, the winds and avalanches and clouds shine and sing and wreathe about them as the years

John Muir of many names, the Wilderness Prophet, Citizen of the Universe, the Father of Our National Parks, was one of the mountain’s most valued American Scots. The founder of the Sierra Club did everything within his power to “make the mountains glad,” (“The John Muir Exhibit”). With the president at his side and his convincing journalism, John Muir became the hero of Yosemite, and a preservationist symbol to Americans, as well activists everywhere. He is a hero because he took a stand for what was important to him.

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are located in the southern Sierra Nevada range. These parks are one of the few America's longest mountain range. Kings Canyon has many features to offer such as tall cliffs, green meadows, and waterfalls. These parks contain over two hundred marble caves, with the two parks combined they create the longest cave in California, it's called Liburn Cave. They're small and can be found in isolated sections of the park. These parks are managed by categories such as: rare or sensitive animals that can close entry, research and study, and some are delicate and dangerous. They first opened a cave in 1941 where visitors can walk the trail. They created systems to help the parks from any damage to the cave because

13,000 years ago Glacier Peak erupted multiple times sending tephra (rocks and other particles) into the air. It’s dome collapsed and large lahars (mudflow) were produced.

In a time when the United States was consumed by industrialization, John Muir dedicated his time to the opposite spectrum. John worked vigorously to prove to the government that the nature of the west coast needed to be saved, not destroyed. He did so by taking some of the most important people on simple camping trips to prove that conservation was needed in the United States. He even founded a club, that served to protect nature for years to come. Because of his passion for nature, John Muir was a monumental influence on preserving the United States’ natural beauty by dedicating his life to creating the foundation of the National Parks System.

This location is literally like the woods from a fairytale story book. Yosemite also contains the Sequoias trees. The most popular sports on Yosemite are the Vernal Falls, Glacier Point, Tunnel View, Half Dome and Vernal Falls Hike. All of these locations show different perspectives of Yosemite. Vernal Falls is the biggest waterfall in California. Glacier Point is a drive to the top of a mountain in allows you to see the whole Yosemite Park. Half Dome is a famous mountain in Yosemite which resembles a dome. Lastly, the Vernal Falls Hike, this is a 1.6 mile hike but it’s a very brutal and difficult hike. Yosemite is a treasured National Park because the Ahwahneechee lived here for generations, followed by the arrival of Europeans in the mid-1800s. The rugged terrain challenged many early European travelers, with just a few-only 650 from the mid-1850’s to mid-1860’s-making the journey to Yosemite Valley by horseback or stage. Also, Yosemite was one of the most popular locations for The Gold Rush. By 1907, construction By 1907, construction of the Yosemite Valley Railroad from Merced to El Portal eased the journey, thereby, increasing visitation. Today, about 4 million people enter the park’s gates to explore

In “Desegregating Wilderness” she says, she saw shadows of wilderness everywhere since she left Yellowstone. She says, how Michael showed her once an “eagle’s nest” which wasn’t there yet four years later he still talked about it because the pole were it nested was removed. Keith says, the Civil Rights Act and Wilderness Act have governed the land therefore, fifty years later these acts make it possible to enjoy the outdoors sometimes. She says, that therefore because of the less proximity and little amount of wild places to people this is not secure as wilderness.

However Cronon does acknowledge the positivity associated with the idea of wilderness when he concludes his argument with an intriguing question: How can we take the positive values we associate with wilderness and bring them closer to home? I believe that part of the answer to this question comes from the rhetoric of these vary same 19th Century romantic thinkers who were able to develop true connections to the landscape around them.

1- The wilderness is a place where one can find solitude and peace of mind. The wilderness allows people to be free and unrestricted by their technology-driven lives. Stegner points out that in preserving the wilderness "we have the chance to see ourselves single, separate, vertical and individual in the world, part of the environment of trees and rocks and soil, brother to the other animals, part of the natural world and competent to belong in it." The wilderness allows our character to feel wholesome, libertated and spiritually fullfilled. The frontier was necessary and valuable because it made America unique.It set the American man apart in that he is "more fortunate than other men." It gave the American people hope and excitement that can

First and foremost, “God was more easily found in nature than in works of man.” This quote really resonated with me. In the The National Parks: America's Best Idea video, it talked about Muir finding a stronger faith with God out in the wilderness than he could in any church. Being a religious person myself, I really do find these quotes to be true. When you submerge yourself into the beauty of nature, I feel you really find yourself inspired and in awe of God’s creations.

The Giant Forest who are located in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains have really tall trees. It is the world’s largest tree there the volume is about 50.000 cubic feet. If you want to see the trees , you have to take a two-mile hike through the Giant Forest on the Congress Trail.

Waterfalls form differently most of the time and it creates something interesting. Waterfalls can be formed in many ways. One way they can form is when natural disasters hit rock under the stream then it forms. Another way they can form is when water pushes the rock away many times. There are many types of waterfalls and some waterfalls have more than one type. The dictionary meaning of waterfall is “a very steep descent of the water of a stream.” The Pacific Northwest has many waterfalls and they can be formed in

The geology of the Yosemite area is characterized by granitic rocks and remnants of older rock. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and then tilted to compose its relatively gentle western slopes and the more dramatic eastern slopes. The uplift incremented the steepness of stream and river beds, resulting in formation of deep, narrow canyons. About 1 million years ago, snow and frozen dihydrogen monoxide accumulated, composing glaciers at the higher alpine meadows that moved down the river valleys. Frozen dihydrogen monoxide thickness in Yosemite Valley may have reached 4,000 feet (1,200 m) during the early glacial episode. The downslope kinetics of the frozen dihydrogen monoxide masses cut and sculpted the U-shaped valley that magnetizes so many visitors to its scenic vistas today.

Waterfalls form differently most of the time and it creates something interesting. Waterfalls can be formed in many ways. One way they can form is when natural disasters hit a rock under a stream then it forms. Another way they can form is when water pushes the rock away many times from the stream. There are many types of waterfalls and some waterfalls have more than one type. The dictionary meaning of waterfall is “a very steep descent of the water of a stream.” The Pacific Northwest has many waterfalls and they can be