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Yosemite, land of giant trees

Huge granite rocks, endless waterfalls and giant sequoia forests. Yosemite Park is located in Eastern California and covers about 3,000 square kilometers of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This area, once home to the village of Miwok, is the first in the world to be declared a National Park.

The mountains and valleys of Yosemite formed ten million years ago as a result of a bending of the earth’s crust. But the glaciers of the mountains have been the last modelers of the Yosemite ravines; the V-shaped valleys affected by the streams have in fact been transformed into deep U-shaped canyons. Now, these vertical walls of up to 1,200 meters are a challenge for climbers around the world; a difficult challenge.

1,400 species of plants can be found throughout the park. Among them the giant sequoia is the most famous. They are the largest plants in the world: they can reach a height of 85 meters and a diameter of 7 meters.

When spring arrives, the snow melted on the mountain tops fills the lakes and streams of the park with crystal clear water. And that's when the highest waterfall in North America shows all its beauty. Yosemite’s water continues to work tirelessly, sculpting the landscape of the future drop by drop.