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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Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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Visiting the Mamanuca Islands for Fiji Day
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Bringing the moon to Earth
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Westerheversand Lighthouse
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Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia
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Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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World Octopus Day
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An underwater rainbow
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Happy World Whale Day!
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
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Cousins Day
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Halo around the sun
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World Bamboo Day
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1.1 billion opportunities for a better world
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Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
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A light on National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Nothing plain about it
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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World Jellyfish Day
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Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri
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Anniversary of Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
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Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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So, how long till springtime?
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The otherworldly red river
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Point Reyes National Seashore
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Happy Fathers Day!
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A magnificent monolith
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