Some of the most powerful parts of my trip to Yosemite were the landscapes. Like the view of Half Dome as seen from Olmstead Point shown above. John Muir had this to say about Yosemite:
"It is by far the grandest of all special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter".
Would have to agree with this. What a place. [NOTE: Be sure to check out the John Muir link. Lot of great info about this insightful naturalist, writer, and wilderness advocate].