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2005 Half Dome rock fall

A close perspective of light colored rock fall source area on cliff.

A rock fall occurred from the northwest face of Half Dome. The failed slab was a relatively thin (roughly 1 m thick) flake that was bounded on the east and west by areas that had failed in 2003, and bounded on the top and bottom by obvious cracks, suggesting that the flake was mostly detached along a sheeting joint prior to failure.

UTM East: 276558; UTM North: 4180476; Elevation: 2192

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Half Dome
Latitude: 37.7443244346305, Longitude: -119.5359855

Yosemite National Park, California
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2005070101
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2005070101-1

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20050701

07/01/2005

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Position: Park Geologist
Address: El Portal, CA 95318
Email: greg_stock@nps.gov

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