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Description: A photo showing damage to cabins in Curry Village at Yosemite National Park after a rockfall on October 8, 2008. According to a report from the US Geological Survey and the US National Park Service (see "Source"), the light-colored boulder which caused the depicted damage is newer than the prehistoric rockfall boulders which are darker colored and which can be seen further back.
Title: Yosemite-Curry-Village-Oct-2008-rockfall-damage
Credit: The KCET article "Rock Fall Risk Study Leads to Closures at Yosemite National Park." The photo was also included in the report "Quantitative Rock-Fall Hazard and Risk Assessment for Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California" from the US Geological Survey and the US National Park Service, on page 5.
Author: US National Park Service
Permission: See "Licensing" below
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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