ʻO Sequoia a me Kings Canyon Photo Tour

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ʻO Rock Rock

ʻO kēia huakaʻi kiʻiʻo Sequoia a me Kings Canyon mai kaʻaoʻao hema (Ash Mountain) i Sequoia, kokoke i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Three Rivers ma CA Hwy 198. Ua laweʻia kēia manaʻo o Moro Rock mai ka Highway Highway ma ke ala e komo ai i ka hale.

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Ka pūnaewele pūnaewele pūnaewele

Ua hala aku nā kumu "ʻano nani" e huki ai i nā malihini ki Sequoia i nā makahiki 1930 a me 40, akā hauʻoli nā kānaka i ka hoʻokele ma o kēia kanaka hāʻule nui, aia ma ke alanuiʻaoʻao mai ka Giant Forest a hiki i Rock Rock. Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe koke i ke kiʻi o kāu kaʻa ma kahi kokoke i kahi lāʻau hāʻule kokoke kokoke i ka nui e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻohuli i nā kaʻa he nui a hiki i ka manawa - akā ua paniʻia, ua lilo i mea pōʻino loa i ka maluhia.

03 o 12

Loaʻa Mahele Loa

ʻO ka Māhele Kūlaua Nuiʻo ia kekahi o nā maunaʻo Sierra Nevada. ʻO kona kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe he 13,802 kapuaʻi ka maunaʻo Kaweah (ʻo ia wale nō paha he 700 kapuaʻi ka pōkole ma mua o Mount Whitney, ke kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka piko o US), akā heʻewalu mauʻanuʻu'ē aʻe ma kahi o kahi 13,000 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi. Ua laweʻia kēia kiʻi mai ka papa o Moro Rock.

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Kū i ka Rock Rock

ʻO Rock Rock kahi lua pele nui i hanaʻia i ka wā e hoʻonuiʻia ai ka pāʻana o nā pōhaku i ka pōhaku nui. He wahi maʻalahi kahi e hiki ai, hoʻokahi wale aku mile mile mai kahi kaʻa kaʻa.

Hiki iāʻoe ke piʻi i luna ma ka heleʻana ma kahi o 400 kapuaʻi pōhaku. No ka piʻiʻana, ke hāʻawi nei ka maka pōhaku i 1,000 mau kapuaʻi kūwae o nā'āwae a me nā knobs. ʻO ka luna o kahi'āpana pōhakuʻeleʻele he 6,725 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe.

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ʻO ka mea kanu nui

ʻO kēia kiʻi e hāʻawiʻole i keʻano o ka nui o kēia kumu lāʻau,ʻaʻole hoʻiʻo kaʻoiaʻiʻoʻo ia ka mea ola nui ma ka honua. Ponoʻoe eʻike iāʻoe iho, eia naʻe ka helu heluʻana:

Ka wā i manaʻoʻia he makahiki 2300-2700
He Kiʻekiʻe Ma luna o ka Base: 275 ft
Ka palena palena kiʻekiʻe ma lalo: 36.5 ft
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka First Large Branch: 130 ft
Ka palena o ka lālāʻoi aku: 6.5 ft
Ka Nui o Trunk: 52,500 kapuaʻi kapuai

No ka heleʻana aku i ka Sherman Tree Sheriff, ponoʻoe e holo ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa, a ma kahi o ka mile he 0.4 mile e iho i 212 kapuaʻi -ʻo ia hoʻi keʻano o ka holoʻana i kahi mamao. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe i kēlā mau mea a pau, ma kahi o ke alaloa nui loa, kahi kahi hāʻuleʻole a me ka kaʻa kaʻa no nā kaʻa me nāʻae kaʻa kaʻa lima, kahi kokoke loa i ka lāʻau nui.

06 o 12

Ke KumuʻOiaʻiʻo - The Nation's Christmas Tree

ʻO ka meleʻo Christmas Tree, aia ma Kaleponiʻo Sequoia National Park ma mua o ka nui o ka Sherman lāʻau ma kahi mau haneli mau makahiki akā ua aneane like ka nui i 268 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ia kaʻekolu-nui loaʻo Giant Sequoia, aia ma Grant Grove kokoke i ke alanui Highway 180 a me Grant Village.

07 o 12

Hume Lake

He wahi kanaka i hanaʻiaʻo Hume Lake, e hāʻawi i ka wai no kahi flume e hoʻohanaʻia ana e kahiʻana i ka līkī sequoia iʻole iʻokiʻia he 54 mau mile mai ke kahawai Pākē a hiki i kahi mea mano ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Sanger. Aia kahi hale Karistiano nui maanei, me kahi hale kūʻai, ka hale cafe a me ke kinoea a hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima moku. Aia ma ke alanui nui e hele ana i nā mō'ī Canyon a hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ma ka huliʻana ma kekahiʻaoʻao o ke alanui holomua e hele ma mua.

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Nā Aliʻi Canyon

ʻAʻole hewa ka hala -ʻaʻole kahi apostrophe ma ka inoa o kēia canyon. ʻAʻole ia no ke aliʻi, akā, ua kapaʻiaʻo ia he muliwai, aʻo ia hoʻi ka inoa o nā aliʻiʻekolu i ka moʻolelo o ka Baibala. Wahi a ka pelekane o Padre Munoz i hele pū me ka Moraga Expedition i ka makahiki 1800,ʻo ka inoa muaʻo Europeans i hāʻawi aku i Rio de los Santos Reyes (River of the Holy Kings).

ʻO nā aliʻi Canyon he awāwa kalaiʻia i uhiʻia e nā pali koʻikoʻi a me nā muliwai o ka muliwai e kahe ana i loko. Ma kahi mau mile ma waho o ka palena'āina o ka Mō'ī National Canyon National Park, ua hohonu ia e lilo i mea e like me ke kahawai hohonu loa maʻAmelika Hema.

09 o 12

ʻO Granite Domes

Eʻikeʻoe i nāʻano e like me kēia ma nā wahi he nui o Sierras, me he Half Domeʻo Yosemite a me Sequoia's Moro Rock he hōʻailona maikaʻi loa no ka mea e hana ai i ka wā e hoʻopuniʻia ana nā pōhaku e ka pōhaku mai ka puʻupuʻu. I ka wā e kamaʻilio ai nā kānaka hoʻonaʻauao e pili ana iā lākou, hoʻohana lākou i nā hua'ōlelo e like me "batholiths" a me "plutons," akā eia ka'ōlelo Pelekānia maʻamau:ʻO ka mua, ka pōhaku i hoʻoheheʻeʻia (ka pelemaka) mai ka honua nui i ka lepo, akāʻaʻole ma kahi o ka lilo i lua pele, ua hoʻokumuʻia. I ka manawa ma mua, ua hoʻouluʻia ka pōhaku, ua hoʻonui ka pōhaku ākea a ua hoʻomaka nā papa e'āʻana, e hana ana i ka puʻu o ka pōhaku.

10 o ka 12

ʻO Grizzly Falls

ʻO kēia wai kūikawā maikaʻi wale nō ia i kahiʻelima mau mile mai kahi kaʻa kaʻa. He wahi mālie kahi e hoʻomaha ai i ka lā wela. Hiki ke kahe mai ka mahina mai Mei a hiki iʻAukake a he 70 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi.

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ʻO nā muliwai muliwai

Ke hoʻomakaʻoe i ke komoʻana i loko o nā Mō'ī Canyon,ʻikeʻoleʻia e like me ka liʻiliʻi hohonu o ka wai e holo ana i lalo, akā, i ka manawa e iho aiʻoe i ka muliwai o ka muliwai,ʻikeʻoe i ka kahe nui o ka pōhaku ma kahi kokoke i ke alaloa. Hoʻomaka ka muliwai e like meʻekolu mau pua i hui pūʻia ma nā paepae o lalo o Sequoia e lilo i wahi kaulana no ka laʻiʻana o ka wai.

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Nui Sentinel

ʻO Sentinel kahi papahana i kūkuluʻia ma kahi kokoke i ka hopena o ke alanui ma Kings Canyon. E like me Yosemite's El Capitan, he wahi maikaʻi ia no ka piʻiʻana o ka pōhaku aʻaʻole ia eʻae i ka pīhoihoi e like me konaʻano kaulana loa.