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
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Sailing across the ice
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Río Arazas in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Spain
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Fog above the forest
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
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A hidden jewel in Croatia
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A keel-billed toucan in Costa Rica
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Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Juniper Springs, Florida
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Red lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Inhale and exhale, it’s Yoga Day
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Old City of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia
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Brown pelican, San Diego, California
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Sharp-dressed bug
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Love blossoms
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Summer winds down in the Hamptons
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Rock River Falls, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Happy birthday, Saguaro National Park
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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Mont-Saint-Michel
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Black-naped monarch
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A bird of beauty
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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A crush in Lavaux
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World Meteorological Day
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Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
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50 years of World Heritage Sites
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World Water Day
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