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2019 El Capitan Southeast Face rock fall

A dust cloud at the base of El Capitan produced by the impact of a free falling rock mass impacting the ground.

A rock fall from the southeast face of El Capitan. A large block slid out from under a roof and fell 420 meters without touching the wall, free-falling for just over 9 seconds before hitting the talus at the base of the cliff.

UTM East: 268343; UTM North: 4179264; Elevation: 1883

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Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

El Capitan
Latitude: 37.7313695681012, Longitude: -119.62874807

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

Rock Fall Database GroupID for YOSE : 2019120501
Rock Fall Database ID for YOSE : 2019102401-1

Yosemite Rock Falls Collection

20191206

12/05/2019

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

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