A black-and-white version of a fine art winter nature scene of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley National Park, California, U.S.A., looking across the Merced River as morning sun falls upon El Capitan with a sky streaked with white clouds background, just after a fresh overnight snowfall adorning the pines and grass mounds in the Merced River. After a fresh snowfall, the snow has often melted from boughs of pine trees by midday, making this a rare shot.