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 ...

A massive hunk of rock fell off Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan on Thursday, a day after a rockfall in the same area of the granite monolith killed a British tourist and seriously injured ...

C alifornia’s Yosemite National Park, with its domineering El Capital rock formation, is a bucket-list destination for many. Most outdoor enthusiasts know Yosemite's El Capitan, arguably the ...

A view of El Capitan as snow blanketed Yosemite National Park on Wednesday. A winter storm warning was issued in Yosemite Valley. (Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) ...

A Feb. 2019 image of Horsetail Falls lights up from the setting sun against El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – Two thundering rock falls in as many days at Yosemite National Park's landmark El Capitan left experienced climbers stunned as huge plumes of dust enveloped the ...

Among El Capitan's earliest admirers were artists, like landscape painter Albert Bierstadt, who arrived in Yosemite in 1863. He wrote to a friend that he had found the Garden of Eden.

Towering more than 3,000 vertical feet above the valley floor, El Capitan is one of the most famous landmarks in Yosemite National Park, and definitely an eye-catching location to make a statement.

Tommy Caldwell, left, and Kevin Jorgeson near the summit of El Capitan, Jan. 14, 2015, as seen from the valley floor in Yosemite National Park, Calif.

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.

A massive rockfall was caught on video this week at California's Yosemite National Park. White clouds are seen emanating from the side of El Capitan, one of the park's most popular peaks. The Feb ...