3386 x 5079 px | 28,7 x 43 cm | 11,3 x 16,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
25 aprile 2008
Ubicazione:
United States
Altre informazioni:
The Sentinel in Giant Sequoia National Park. Established in 1890 as the second U.S. national park, after Yellowstone National Park. Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, east of Visalia, California, in the United States of America.The park spans 404, 051 acres (1, 635.14 km2). Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13, 000 feet (3, 962 m), the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, Mount Whitney, at 14, 505 feet (4, 421 m) above sea level. The park is south of and contiguous with Kings Canyon National Park; the two are administered by the National Park Service as one unit, called Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.