In the mountains above Yosemite Valley there is a vast high country of equal splendor. After visting this high country, the appearance of the mountain light is hard to remember until you either return or see it captured in photographs. Pictures of this magical region are far less common than those of the Incomparable Valley, but you can find them here. Just click on the thumbnail images to see these pictures at a larger size.

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Evening alpenglow at Sunrise High Sierra Camp

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Backside of Half Dome at sunset

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Dawn at Lower Cathedral Lake

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Evelyn Lake, icy pool

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Evelyn Lake bench at sunset

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Late afternoon near Lower Cathedral Lake

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Tarn at sunset

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First rays of sun on Cathedral Peak

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Last rays of sun on Cathedral Peak

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Vogelsang Lake at sunset

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Evening twilight at Evelyn Lake

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Mid morning at Evelyn Lake

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Above Evelyn Lake after sunset

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Rounded peak in sunlight

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Afternoon sunshine on northern shore of Lower Cathedral Lake