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And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. Act II, scene i, As You Like It, William Shakespeare

Half Dome, Apple Orchard, Yosemite National Park This supernal image (c. 1930), one of Ansel Adams’ most light-filled and exuberant, was part of a series of images he presented in 1936 to persuade Congress to make Kings River Canyon, California, a national park. A darkened sky sets off the dazzling highlights of sun on snow.

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