View across the tranquil Merced River below Swinging Bridge, autumn, Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

High granite cliffs reflected in the tranquil Merced River, autumn, Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

View along the tranquil Merced River below Stoneman Bridge, autumn, Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi), on granite rock, Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, California, United States of America, North America

View of Yosemite Falls from Yosemite Village, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, California, United States of America, North America

The Merced River in the Yosemite alley, near Yosemite village, California, USA.

Rock climber Mike Lewis jams up the third pitch of a thin finger crack in Yosemite National Park. El Capitan is in the background.