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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All eyes on moths
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Caribbean flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
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Cherry blossoms at East Lake Cherry Blossom Park, Wuhan, China
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Celebrating Labor Day
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Kochia, Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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Pining for spring
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Eurasian scops owl
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
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World Wildlife Day
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Flag Day
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Pollinator Week
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Into the woods
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Everglades National Park turns 75
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May we have this dance?
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Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
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3,000 years of history
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International Day for Biosphere Reserves
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Wild and beautiful Alaska
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Aerial view of Venice, Italy
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Everest s shadow on the Himalayas
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Bavljenac Island
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First day of summer
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Mercury in retrograde
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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Spotted Lake emerges
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Black History Month
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And they’re off!
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Manarola, Cinque Terre National Park, Liguria, Italy
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