Deep Abyss of Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point Rim (1927)

A dramatic high-angle view looking down into the deep, shadowed chasm of Tenaya Canyon flanked by sheer snow-dusted granite walls. — Deep Abyss of Tenaya Canyon from Glacier Point Rim (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Standing on the high precipice of Glacier Point, Donald A. Hall Sr. looked northeast into the dramatic, shadowed abyss of Tenaya Canyon. Flanked by the massive granite bulk of Half Dome and the towering wall of Mount Watkins, the deep glacial canyon plunges toward the valley floor, with snow patches clinging to high alpine ridges in the distance, recording one of the most rugged, inaccessible wilderness chasms in Yosemite.