Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View viewpoint, with El Capitan, a 3000 feet granite monolith on the left, and the Bridalveil Falls on the right, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Tourist admiring the Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), on the Big Trees trail, Round Meadow, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Tourist admiring the Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), hiking on the Big Trees trail, Round Meadow, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Tourist hiker, admiring the Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), known as the Parker Group, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Hiker resting by the Faithful Couple, Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), Mariposa Grove, Southern Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina), on Sugar Pines (Pinus lambertiana), Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America

Sequoiadendron giganteum tree species, Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada in California, United States of America, North America

Close up of sequoia tree in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada in California, United States of America, North America

Sierra de las Cutas on the south rim above a Rio Arazas waterfall, Ordesa Valley, Ordesa National Park, Pyrenees, Aragon, Spain, Europe

Moro Rock and the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, United States of America, North America

Cazorla National Park, Sierra del Pozo, Andalucia, Spain

Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) from below, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) from below, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

Cathedral Range at sunrise from Dog Lake Trail, Yosemite National Park