Come to Yosemite in February and you may be shoulder-to-shoulder with photographers hoping to get a shot of Horsetail Fall in the evening. When conditions are right, rays of the setting sun align with the falling water to set the cascade ablaze with light—a natural display called the ‘firefall.’ And in a bit of added mystique, Horsetail Fall itself is an ephemeral waterfall—it flows only for a short time in the winter and early spring.
A winter light show
Today in History
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Yosemite National Park turns 132
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Cloughoughter Castle, County Cavan, Ireland
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High alpine color in Colorado
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International Whale Shark Day
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Opt outside today
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Wheels up in Beijing
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All Rhodes lead to the beach
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They’re grrrape!
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Women s suffrage at 100
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Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
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I am the walrus
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Bellissima!
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Birds and bees, and why they re so important
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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The scene of a literary crime
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Castle on a hill
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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New Year s Eve
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Nighttime view over the Gulf Coast
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Overseas Highway, Florida Keys
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Behold the perfect cone
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Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
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Freshwater plants in Aquário Natural, Brazil
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Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
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March of the flowers
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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National Take the Stairs Day
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
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