![A sign prohibits swimming at the Emerald Pool above Vernal Fall on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Yosemite National Park in California. Three visitors reportedly died after getting swept over the waterfall A sign prohibits swimming at the Emerald Pool above Vernal Fall on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Yosemite National Park in California. Three visitors reportedly died after getting swept over the waterfall](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/cfd5fe651c3b44ca887605efe5dfe524/2f0ckke.jpg)
A sign prohibits swimming at the Emerald Pool above Vernal Fall on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 in Yosemite National Park in California. Three visitors reportedly died after getting swept over the waterfall
![File:The Silver Apron, just above Emerald Pool and Vernal Falls along the Merced River. Looking east, Nevada Falls and then Little Yosemite Valley are beyond to the left. - panoramio.jpg - Wikimedia File:The Silver Apron, just above Emerald Pool and Vernal Falls along the Merced River. Looking east, Nevada Falls and then Little Yosemite Valley are beyond to the left. - panoramio.jpg - Wikimedia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/The_Silver_Apron%2C_just_above_Emerald_Pool_and_Vernal_Falls_along_the_Merced_River._Looking_east%2C_Nevada_Falls_and_then_Little_Yosemite_Valley_are_beyond_to_the_left._-_panoramio.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg)
File:The Silver Apron, just above Emerald Pool and Vernal Falls along the Merced River. Looking east, Nevada Falls and then Little Yosemite Valley are beyond to the left. - panoramio.jpg - Wikimedia
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