Yosemite's Embrace, Tunnel View at Sunset Size:113 × 40 cm (45 × 16 in) it is the Maori name

it is the Maori name for the North Island and is now the official Maori name for the whole country

Its bare tussock hills and snow-streaked tops are a landmark of the inland route south

its rustic 1863 frontage holding the charm of the gold-rush era

ridge upon ridge falling away toward the glacier-carved valleys below

the snow-capped ranges reflected in perfect calm on the still water

Yosemite's Embrace, Tunnel View at Sunset Size:113 × 40 cm (45 × 16 in) it is the Maori nameYosemite Valley lies at the heart of Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada, walled by sheer granite. El Capitan and the great dome of Half Dome, among the most famous rock faces on earth, rise more than a kilometre above the valley floor. Stephen Milner photographed the valley in black and white from Tunnel View, El Capitan and Half Dome standing over the forest with Bridalveil Fall threading down the far wall. Printed to order at a