Yosemite National Park: El Capitan rockfall captured on video

YOSEMITE, CA – JAN. 10: Tourists in winter hats are silhouetted against El Capitan in a view of Yosemite National Park, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, from a Wawona Road lookout. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

Visitors to Yosemite National Park this week got a first-hand view of the power of nature.

A large rockslide on Monday sent tons of boulders crashing down from El Capitan, the immense 3,000-foot tall granite monolith on the north side of Yosemite Valley.

The slide, which began at 11:42 a.m., caused a thunderous crashing for about 20 seconds near Horsetail Fall, a landmark known for its “firefall,” the

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