Half Dome

features of the valley, is made up of granite. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock that has crystalized from magma below the surface of the Earth. Most of the most famous rock formations of Yosemite Valley are made up of granite. These include Half Dome, which rises 5,000 above the floor of Yosemite Valley and can be see from almost anywhere in the valley. El Capitan is another famous granite rock formation that rises over 3,000 feet above the valley floor, and is a vertical rock formation that…

For the Ojibwe, their lives were lived very differently from people in Minnesota today. Primary housing for the Ojibwe people were dome shaped, bark covered wigwams. The structure of these wigwams were the most practical to make and to keep the Ojibwe people warm in the harsh Minnesota winters. Other types of lodges were also built but the Ojibwe and they were used mainly for special ceremonies and harvest, and not for living. Age was highly respected within the Ojibwe culture and everyday life.…

Isabella was born to two very loving and protective parents, already having a brother, Blake, that was ten at the time of her birth who would grow to be very protective of his little sister over time. She grew up in the ruined city outside of the dome moving constantly to avoid being detected by the vampire patroles that frequented the area. The little family never had the pleassure of staying in one place longer than a few days before being forced to move on. They did their best to avoid not…

As you heat up your Weber barbecue grill, do you ever wonder where these rotisseries got their beginning? Who ever thought of such an idea as a round grill with a dome lid? Well, wonder no more. Here's the history on Weber Barbecue grills. About 50 years ago George Stephan, an employee of Weber Brothers Metal Works, went to work everyday welding metal buoys for the coastguard. However, when he went home he loved to light up his open flat cooking grate and cook for his family. As he roasted, he…

figure below you should be able to see the differences between your home and a puritan house. The innovation of homes has come a long way from our founding father. The homes before the one depict ewer small half sphere homes that were constructed of wooden sticks stretch in a semi-circle to form a dome. The siding depicted and the siding on your home.…

It was an unforgettable experience because the place is arranged with comfortable and recumbent chairs. The dome shows a beautiful blue sky with clouds around. I felt literality as I was in the sky. The show started with all the lights turned off giving the impression that nobody was there. A lady appeared talking about our universe and turned light on with like a magic ball. Then, in the dome started appear the stars, constellations, the Milky Way, in the process I felt as I was part of it. The…

It feels as though I have been in Japan for so much longer than a week and a half! Trying to remember back to when we were in Hiroshima seems like forever ago. We stayed in central Hiroshima for 2 nights, and we managed to fit in most of the tourist activities. On our first night we headed to a famous shopping road called... there you can find bars, restaurants, shops, arcades and even Kareoke booths. The arcades are incredible and one of the most bizarre places that I've ever been to. There…

Throughout modern history, McKim, Mead, and White’s Boston Public Library has existed as a recognizable architectural landmark and therefore, as an integral part of the Boston cityscape. However, the library is just one of many buildings from the era in the area and is by no means the most significant to the nation’s history, forcing the question of why the building is so very iconic. The justification can be found when the structure is dissected into a handful of key spaces. Through its innate…

the face of the Half Dome. On that day, Ansel Adams created his first visualized photograph called Monolith, the Face of Half Dome. This photograph is considered by many people to be one of Ansel Adams’s best images. “Visualization” was a term that Adams often used and what he thought to be the key to a perfect photograph. Visualization is being able to “see” a photograph in your mind and then expressing that image with your work. Right after he took the photograph of the Half Dome, he already…

mystical most night-air, and from time to time (…)”. This feeling can also be found in the first lines Dickinson’s “342” “Some keep the Sabbath going to Church — / I keep it, staying at Home — / With a Bobolink for a Chorister — / And an Orchard, for a Dome —“ (lines 1-4). So while though Whitman regards stargazing as better that astronomy, and Dickinson regards walking in an orchard as better than attending church, they both mean the same thing, and feel the same…