(여행) 요세미테 국립공원
요세미테 국립공원
And nature’s summer gift to Yosemite. Water for the falls. From CBS News world headquarters in New York. We leave you tonight at a natural treasure. Yosemite National Park in California. More than a century after President Theodore Roosevelt called it a beautiful cathedral대성당, John Blackstone shows us why visitors today have a new reason to gush솟구치다.
While it’s hard to believe the grandeur장엄함 of Yosemite Valley could be improved upon, this summer it's true. Nature has made this National Park famous for its breathtaking views, even more magnificent than usual. And it's all because of the water. And all that water means the waterfalls of Yosemite are making a roaring comeback tumbling down the granite화강암 cliffs as they haven't done in years. Often by early July, many of the valley's waterfalls including the tallest Yosemite Falls aren't there at all. They’ve run dry.
But this year, water is still pouring down the 2,425-foot drop that makes Yosemite Falls the fifth highest waterfall in the world. The source is heavier than usual snow. 115% of normal that fell in the Sierra Nevada this winter. “We had a lot of snow.” Then a cooler-than-usual Spring saved the big runoff땅위를 흐르는 빗물 for the height of tourist season. "People are thrilled. People that haven't been here in years have been walking around and they’re saying, Oh my God, look at these conditions.”
What makes this even more impressive is that it comes after several years of below normal snowfall that left many of Yosemite's falls dry before summer even arrived. But this year, the roar of the waterfalls into the valley below could last well into August. And this year visitors absolutely get wet. Spray from the falls is leaving hikers drenched적시다. The mist안개 is also making Yosemite a valley of rainbows, providing proof that at the end of the rainbow, there sometimes is a treasure. John Blackstone, CBS News, Yosemite Valley. So beautiful. And that is the CBS Evening News for tonight. I’m Katie Couric. Thanks for watching. I’ll see you tomorrow from the gulf.