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Photos: Yosemite Valley under a beautiful blanket of snow

Snow covers the valley below Half Dome.
A storm brought winter weather to Yosemite National Park, with snow-covered trees and logs in the valley below Half Dome.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
By Carolyn ColeStaff Photographer 
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A strong storm left the Yosemite Valley under a beautiful blanket of snow.

Just days before the official start of winter, it looks like there will be a white Christmas for visitors to Yosemite National Park.

Icicles frame a view.
Icicles hanging from Wawona Tunnel frame a view of the Yosemite Valley.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A bald eagle in a snow-covered tree.
A bald eagle sits on snow-covered branches above the Merced River in Yosemite National Park.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Three people in swimsuits in the snow.
College friends Kiran Fernandez, 26, from left, Carlos Martinez, 26, and Gavin Greenberg go for a dip in the Merced River despite the freezing temperatures.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
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Icicles on a roof.
Icicles hang from roof ledges in the Yosemite Valley.
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Children play in the snow.
Ida Schmidt, 4, and her brother, Tobias, 6, play on snow-covered logs at the visitors center in Yosemite National Park.
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A snowy Half Dome is reflected in the river.
Half Dome is reflected in the Merced River.
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People take pictures of snow in Yosemite National Park.
Visitors stop to take pictures along the Merced River with a view of El Capitan and Bridalveil Fall.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Carolyn Cole

Carolyn Cole is a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times. Her coverage of the civil crisis in Liberia won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Cole has been named U.S. newspaper photographer of the year three times. Cole grew up in California and Virginia, before attending the University of Texas, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She went on to earn a master of art’s degree from Ohio University.

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