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Sequoia National Park

Sequoia Trees

Sequoia National Park is home to the giant sequoia tree.  The largest of the sequoias are as tall as an average 26-story building,
and their diameters at the base exceed the width of many city streets.  As they continue to grow, they produce
about 40 cubic feet of wood each year, approximately equal to the volume of a 50-foot-tall tree one foot in diameter.

Sequoia Cones

Alpine Meadow

Yosemite

Half Dome

Yosemite National Park contains many domes, such as Half Dome (8,842 feet) in the Yosemite Valley, a glacier carved canyon.

Alpine Meadow

Bridalveil Fall

Height: 620 feet.

Hearst Castle

The Neptune Pool

Hearst Castle was built by William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951).  Construction for the marble-lined "Neptune Pool" spanned 1924-1936.
Three swimming pools were built on this site, each successively larger; the present version holds 345,000 gallons of water.

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