Valley View is a favorite viewing spot for visitors, especially photographers with tripods who may wait for hours in hopes for the rare sunset that makes El Cap glow in rich warm colors when the right combination of clouds, air temperature, air moisture, and precipitation occurs. A good time to be here is right after a snow storm when the grass mounds in the river and the trees are covered with fresh snow. All this in conjunction with a sky that cooperates as it did on this evening. This photo was featured by The National Wildlife Association in their Christmas Greeting Cards.