El Capitan
by Terry Davis
Title
El Capitan
Artist
Terry Davis
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art, Photo Painting, Photography
Description
El Capitan, Spanish for The Captain or The Chief, is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith is about 3,000 feet from base to summit along its tallest face, and is a popular objective for rock climbers.
The formation was named "El Capitan" by the Mariposa Battalion when they explored the valley in 1851. El Capitan was taken to be a loose Spanish translation of the local Native American name for the cliff, variously transcribed as "To-to-kon oo-lah" or "To-tock-ah-noo-lah" (Miwok language). It is unclear if the Native American name referred to a specific tribal chief or simply meant "the chief" or "rock chief".
I took this photograph in early February on a wonderfully beautiful day with various cloud formation skittering across the sky to create many beautiful colors and light displays.
IMAGE FEATURED IN:
The ABC group 10/10/19
The Lady Photographers and Artists group 03/29/19
The Images That Excite You group 03/26/19
The Philanthropic Artists group 03/26/19
The No Place Like Home group 03/25/19
The Winter Wonderland group 03/25/19
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March 16th, 2019
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Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group V IS FOR VISTA themed week- September 23- September 30 ! You are invited to add this wonderful art to the Features Archive Discussion.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!" Sharing on Twitter.
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your remarkable artwork on the homepage of the Artist Group No Place Like Home, 3/25/2019! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!