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Yosemite Valley
By Ryan Lazzareschi, Computer Science ’21
At the end of the tunnel, I saw an opportunity I couldn’t miss. As the sun rose in the distance, the perfect composition of Yosemite Valley presented itself. The granite cliffs of El Capitan stretch thousands of feet down on the left with Bridalveil Falls set against the Cathedral Rocks on the right, and Half Dome barely peeking through off in the distance covered with a layer of snow.
Yosemite Toad Painting
By Daphne Crum, Genetics & Genomics ’23
This piece is a watercolor painting depicting a Yosemite Toad. When I first arrived in Davis I knew I wanted to find clubs and organizations that would provide opportunities for me to do a bit of scientific illustration. When I became a member of the Society for Conservation Biology Chapter at UC Davis, I was ecstatic to learn that their Education and Outreach Committee was already looking for artists in the community to provide visuals for their video about Dr. Leslie Roche and her research on the Yosemite Toad (Anaxyrus canorus). I was more than happy to spend a weekend during the 2019 Fall Quarter to paint and submit a piece for their project! Watercolors are a great medium to use for painting animals because you can layer with varying color intensities to illustrate different textures in their skin. Being able to artistically interpret the significance of scientific research is something I have always wanted to dive into, and it would be such an honor to continue working with other lab groups and researchers on campus who are in need of hand-drawn or hand-painted visuals to pair with their publications.
Natural Beauty
By Emily Donnelly, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, ’21
View of Yosemite’s famous Half Dome from Glacier Point
This spectacular image was taken from the ledge of Glacier Point trail in Yosemite National Park, overlooking the iconic 8,844 foot tall half-dome granite rock, which is such a historical and symbolic part of this natural landscape. The rugged rock formations that make this terrain so beautiful were formed 65 million years ago and then were shaped by glaciers that moved through the landscape, creating the sheer rock faces and wide valleys and lakes that we see today. I chose to take this photograph in black and grey rather than color to allow the natural textures and composition of nature to be delicately exposed. This allows the viewer to focus on the details of nature and true depth of the image, however a camera lens comes nowhere near close to capturing the true beauty of this breathtaking landmark.
This was taken August 19, 2019 when I went to visit Yosemite for the first time with my family. The camera used is a Canon 60D with an 18-200mm lens.
In the future I hope to visit Yosemite many more times as it is truly the most beautiful place I have been.