Photograph of the southeast face of El Capitan draped over a terrestrial light detection and ranging (LiDAR) mesh. The view angle is to the north. The topographic profile (A–A’) on the right is of the red line in the center of the overlay. The view angle of the profile is perpendicular to the cliff approximately to the southwest. The generalized geology along the profile is indicated. Note the concave topography for the areas where the diorite of North America crops out. Figure adapted from Matasci et al. (2014).