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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Poinsettia Day
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Full moon
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It s Independence Day in Mexico
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Shark Awareness Day
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Happy birthday to the Peak!
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Australian baobab tree, Kimberley region, Western Australia
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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World Migratory Bird Day
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It s a ruff life
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Village of Labro, Italy
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
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Blackbird in Essex, England
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Going with the floe
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Happy Arbor Day!
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Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
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So, how long till springtime?
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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The party’s just starting
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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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The moai you know
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A gentle wind fills this sail
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Womens History Month
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Ancient groves in Australia
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Moving as one
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Flocking together in the Antarctic
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Burrowing owls
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Do spirits haunt the Gardens of Versailles?
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Earth at Perihelion