Half Dome, Yosemite, a classic granite dome and popular rock climbing destination

Half Dome, a granite monolith in Yosemite National Park and part of the Sierra Nevada batholith.

A well-known result of this process is Half Dome, located in Yosemite Valley.

The valley is about long and up to a mile deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines.

Between them both, at the eastern end of the valley, is Half Dome, the most famous and most recognizable natural feature in the Sierra Nevada.

Above and to the northeast of Half Dome is Cloud's Rest ; at 9926 feet ( 3025 m ), the highest point around Yosemite Valley.

Tenaya Creek flows southwest from Tenaya Lake and down Tenaya Canyon, finally flowing between Half Dome and North Dome before joining the Merced River.

Yosemite Falls and Half Dome in the winter

The youngest Yosemite Valley pluton is the 87 million year old Half Dome granodiorite, which makes up most of the rock at Glacier Point, the Royal Arches, and its namesake, Half Dome.

Half Dome from Glacier Point

Their glaciers were huge and covered nearly all the landmarks around Yosemite Valley except Half Dome, Eagle Peak, Sentinel Dome, and the top of El Capitan.

The parallel Tenaya Canyon and Little Yosemite Canyon glaciers were, at their largest, 2, 000 feet ( 600 m ) deep where they flowed into the Yosemite Valley near the base of Half Dome.

They also formed Cloud's Rest behind Half Dome as an arête.

Half Dome figures prominently on the reverse side of the California state quarter.

Half Dome from Washburn Point, showing its profile

Half Dome is nearly as whole as it ever was.

From Washburn Point, Half Dome can be seen as a thin ridge of rock oriented northeast-southwest, with its southeast side almost as steep as its northwest side except for the very top.

Half Dome was originally called " Tis-sa-ack ," meaning Cleft Rock in the language of the local Native Americans.

The face seen in Half Dome is supposed to be hers.

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The Half Kaddish is used to punctuate divisions within the service: for example, before Barekhu, between the Shema and the Amidah and following readings from the Torah.

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The first recorded exploration by the Dutch of the area around what is now called New York Bay was in 1609 with the voyage of the ship Halve Maen or " Half Moon ", captained by Henry Hudson, in the service of the Dutch Republic, as the emissary of Holland's stadholder Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

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According to the International Triathlon Union, and USA Triathlon, the main international race distances are Sprint Distance, which has a swim, cycling, run ; Intermediate ( or Standard ) distance, commonly referred to as " Olympic distance " ( swim, bike, run ; the Long Course ( swim, ride, run, such as the Half Ironman ), and Ultra Distance ( swim, ride, and a full marathon: run ); the most recognized branded Ultra Distance is the Ironman triathlon.

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Kingston is served well by a modern bus system ( JUTC ), mini buses, and taxis, which operate throughout the city with major hubs at Parade, Cross Roads, Half Way Tree and elsewhere.

Kingston is served well by a modern bus system ( JUTC ), mini buses, and taxis, which operate throughout the city with major hubs at Parade, Cross Roads, Half Way Tree and elsewhere.

The marathon is the only road running event featured at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the Summer Olympics, although there is also an annual IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

The foremost separate road running event is the annual IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ( formerly World Road Running Championships ).

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In the Bay Area, for example, the average maximum temperature in July is about at Half Moon Bay on the coast, at Walnut Creek only inland, and at Tracy, just inland.

Large, relatively unjointed volumes of granite form domes such as Half Dome and monoliths like the 3604 feet ( 1098 m ) high El Capitan.

# Most plentiful are rounded boulders and cobbles and angular fragments, all deeply weathered, of Half Dome quartz monzonite, the light-colored granite of which not only Half Dome, but all of the Little Yosemite and its surrounding heights are composed.

The Half Dome Cables Route hike runs from the valley floor to the top of the dome in ( via the Mist Trail ), with of elevation gain.

Half dome and Yosemite from a plane

The ultimate result of this process is a rounded boulder or a dome monolith such as the rounded back of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.