Early Morning Arrival at Incheon

Boeing 747 descending out of the hazy morning sky at Incheon Airport

Venus Chasing the Sliver Moon

Taxi into Position and Hold

Two Tickets to Paradise

Entering the park

A view of the mountain from just inside the gate

On the way up, a detailed view of the mountain
[Full Gigapan]

Pausing for a moment of reflection

Lunch at the Paradise Restaurant

Visiting the new Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center

The Visitor Center is fortified against the heavy winter snows
The old one ... wasn't

The mountain looms over Paradise

Life abounds in the highlands
A bee services this Avalanche Lily

Looking back down toward the Visitor Center

Closer and closer

Trekking

Buttercup

Aerial view from about 25,000'MSL taken a few days later

Magnificent Yosemite

View from 36,000' - Half Dome, Nevada & Vernal Falls

Aerial View with labels - Half Dome, Nevada & Vernal Falls

Panorama: Half Dome, Nevada and Vernal Falls

Nevada and Vernal Falls

Nevada Falls

Vernal Falls

Vernal Falls

Vernal Falls: Rainbow in the Mist

Dead tree and Rainbow in the Mist at Vernal Falls

A Wider View

The top - Vernal Falls

Over the edge - Vernal Falls

Mist Trail at Vernal Falls

Half Dome

On top of old Half Dome, all covered with ... people

Half Dome at Sunset

Beneath Half Dome

Mirror Lake - Half Dome at upper right

Dolly Parton

Looking down on a slightly smokey Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Falls

Upper Yosemite Falls

Inside Yosemite Valley - Yosemite Falls right of center

Face of El Capitan

Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls wide shot

Smoke in Yosemite Valley - Bridal Veil Falls at right

September 11, 2011

September 11th, 2011, on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, a memorial gathering to honor those lost in the tragic events exactly ten years ago.

On the green at Pepperdine University

People roaming the sea of flags

Many nations lost citizens on that terrible day

The Ocean, the hills, the flags and the green form flag-like stripes

F.D.N.Y.

F.D.N.Y.

An assembled crowd listens, mourns
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Ceremonial flyover by two early warning aircraft from Pt. Mugu

Panorama of the scene from high on the hill
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