Behind Nevada Fall is Liberty Cap, an impressive lump of granite.

If you're feeling up to it, push on along the Mist Trail, past Emerald Pool, to Nevada Fall, and you'll begin to lose the crowds.

Vernal Fall, as well as Nevada Fall, is clearly visible from Glacier Point.

Two miles above the Merced footbridge at Clark Point, with the 594-foot Nevada Falls to the east, he recited a few more terrible tales.

It lies adjacent, to the north of Nevada Fall, on the John Muir Trail.

The first drop is Nevada Fall, which drops 594 feet (181 m), bouncing off the granite slope below it.

Nevada Fall (594 ft)

The Emerald Pool forms on the "step" between Nevada Fall and Vernal Fall downstream.

And "Nevada Falls," circa 1928, is alive, tactile, with many shades of gray between the brilliant white and glistening black.

He gestured at the lake and trail and the Nevada Fall.