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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It s time to fall back
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Last day of National Park Week
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National Frog Month
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Cold? What cold?
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Winter in the Wild West
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Porto Cathedral, Portugal
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Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
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Happy Boxing Day!
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Museum Mile Festival
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The birthplace of Cinco de Mayo
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National Bison Month
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It’s Canada’s national day
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In praise of the old…the very old
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Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
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National Merry-Go-Round Day
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Salt of the earth
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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Brazil
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Arromanches-les-Bains for the 81st anniversary of D-Day
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New Year s Day
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Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
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An uncommon look at an American icon
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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Get the bear facts
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Mona Vale Rockpool, Sydney, Australia
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Flying high on National Bird Day
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Life in the slow lane
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Rocks on the move
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Regional Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli, Italy
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Happy World Meteorological Day
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