Columns of the Giants | Garz's Gallery

Creato il: Sabato 8 Luglio 2017
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Tags: Hike
Album: Sonora Peak - Stanislaus National Forest
Costruttore: PENTAX
Modello: PENTAX K-5 II s
Data e ora (originale): 2017:07:08 15:17:56
Tempo di esposizione: 1/400 s
ApertureFNumber: f/5.6
Lunghezza focale obiettivo: 24 mm
ISO: 100
Copyright: © Frédéric Garzon, All Rights Reserved - CC BY 4.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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These are rock formatons made 150,000 years ago after basalt lava flows cooled down slowly, forming columns with regular geometric shapes (mostly hexagons. Their diameter varies from 10 to 40 cm.

Mandatory Selfie at the top of Sonora Peak

Selfie at the top of Sonora Peak

Mandatory Selfie at the top of Sonora Peak

Columns of the Giants

Columns of the Giants

Columns of the Giants

South-east View from Sonora Peak

Columns of the Giants

Sonora Peak via St Mary's Pass and PCT

View of Stanislaus Peak from Sonora Peak

Sonora Peak via St Mary's Pass and PCT

Stanislaus Peak and North-west ridge of Sonora Peak

Columns of the Giants

Stanislas Peak from St Mary's Pass

St Mary's Pass Trailhead

Columns of the Giants

Columns of the Giants

Sonora Peak - view from St Mary's Pass

View of Stanislaus Peak from Sonora Peak

East View from Sonora Peak's top

Sonora Peak via St Mary's Pass and PCT

Sonora Peak top: 'murican flag and logbook

South View from Sonora Peak's top

Columns of the Giants

North View from Sonora Peak's top

Sonora Peak via St Mary's Pass and PCT

Stanislaus National Forest

Sonora Peak via St Mary's Pass and PCT

South-east View from Sonora Peak's top

Sonora Peak via St Mary's Pass and PCT

Eureka Valley Campground

Sonora Pass fromSt Mary's Pass

South View from Sonora Peak

Butterfly at the top of Sonora Peak

Horses near Kennedy Meadows on CA-108

Eureka Valley Campground

Sonora Peak via St Mary's Pass and PCT

Eureka Valley Campground

Stanislaus National Forest

Stanislaus National Forest

Eureka Valley Campground

Stanislaus National Forest

Eureka Valley Campground

Eureka Valley Campground

Trail down to the PCT on the Sonoma Peak south-east ridge

South View of Sonora Peak and the PCT from Sonora Pass

Lichens and volcanic rocks at the top of Sonora Peak

Snow wall blocking the Pacific Coast Trail

Igneous rocks on the Sonoma Peak south-east ridge

Igneous rocks on the Sonoma Peak south-east ridge

South east ridge of Sonora Peak

Sonora Pass - Shoots of alpine flowers (Mule ears)

South View of Sonora Peak and the PCT from Sonora Pass

Walking on the snow down the PCT toward Sonora Pass

Snow in the meadows on the PCT toward Sonora Pass

Stanislaus National Forest - Emigrant Wilderness from CA-180

Stanislaus National Forest - Emigrant Wilderness from CA-180

Stanislaus National Forest - CA-108

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