Half Dome?
As seen from Patterson, California
I don’t know the name of the photographer for this photo, but it was sent to us by RTA Photo Contributor Bob Brown. Here is his accompanying e-memo:
I just encountered this image of Yosemite Valley taken from the Patterson area on a Yosemite forum. I was rather amused when I read some posts that doubted the integrity of the photo, and others who worked out mapping probabilities, etc.
In March, 1971, I had a unique experience that I still recall very vividly: The San Joaquin Valley experienced a rare arctic weather front: Cold and windy weather that clears the smog out, providing extremely good visibility. I stood in the second story campus library, looked east over Monte Vista Avenue (“Mountain View,” in Spanish), up the Merced River Canyon and into “Joe Schmidt Valley.” I wish now that I had photographed the phenomenon.
I posted essentially the same information to the Yosemite forum, and it will be interesting to see if any doubt my accuracy.
It is really an interesting view and one that I could never have imagined would be possible. I didn’t think Half Dome was tall enough to be seen outside of Yosemite Valley. Have you ever seen this view?