Giant piece of El Capitan crashes down as Yosemite visitors watch

SF Gate ^ | 2/22/2023 | By Erik Brooks

[NohSpinZone]

Visitors to Yosemite National Park got more than they expected when a rockslide came off the east side of El Capitan on Monday, originating very close to the park’s famous firefall.

The tail end of the incident —– which happened at about 11:45 a.m. — was captured on video by photographer James Piper. In the video, the sound of crashing rocks can be heard echoing across the valley as smoke, debris and dust fill the air at the base of the iconic El Capitan.

"Holy God," a man in the background can be heard saying.

Link to video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1627900010909306882

[Seruzawa]

Water always wins.

[NorthMountain]

Caused by climate change.

Yep. 100% correct.

The rocks changed because of the climate they are in.

No doubt about it.

[larrytown]

Nothing stays the same forever.

Especially when you leave it outside in the weather.

[Wuli]

Many natural earth features change on time scales that span 1,000s of years, not mere human lifetimes. No doubt the basis of the rock side began a very long time ago.

[Steven Scharf]

Amen. We lost the famous “Man of the Mountains” in New Hampshire a few years back.

That was more than a few years ago. More like a score in 2003.

[COBOL2Java]

Good theme song for the crash

[Babba Gi]

Was it vaxxed?

[j.havenfarm]

That plus the good old freeze/thaw cycle constantly working the moisture in the little cracks in the solid granite .Yosemite averages up to 6 night a year at -20
https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/California/Places/yosemite-temperatures-by-month-average.php

[knarf]

HERE

[Sirius Lee]

No doubt the basis of the rock side began a very long time ago.

Yeah, but racist resistance to equity made it worse, or something.

[sphinx]

Well ....

That will open up new routes for the climbers.

[telescope115]

I was gonna say “Man with VR headset”.

[butlerweave]

Falling apart at thee seams

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Gravity never takes a day off.

[Paul R.]

No! Captain Kirk! NOOOO!!!!

Those are not alien Klingons in the valley!!

[Deplorable American1776]

Did the EPA blame it on Trump yet? Or is it because of climate change? Or maybe some evil white supremacist group! 🤓

[moovova]

“...as smoke, debris and dust fill the air at the base of the iconic El Capitan.”

El Capitan was on fire?

Today’s writers...

[Bob434]

lol- it did look like that- Part of it broke off and it no longer looks like that- unfortunately- that was in NH

[GingisK]

When you are as old of us, that is just a few years back.

[SantosLHalper]

And met gravity.