Tenaya Canon

Tenaya Canon, from Glacier Point', 1872. Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. 'Cloud's Rest is the point just to the left of the Half-dome. It required some minutes to settle the nerves and look calmly about'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American . Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]. Artist John Filmer. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)