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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The cycle begins anew
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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Beware the Ides of March
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Birds of a feather flocking together
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Tower Bridge, London, England
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Cold? What cold?
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An emerald isle of the Emerald Isle
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Happy Arbor Day!
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Medieval towers in Mestia, Upper Svaneti, Georgia
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Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
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Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands
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In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
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Boating on the Bojo
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in
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World Laughter Day
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Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
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Trevi in bloom
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St. Patricks Day
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Ready for takeoff
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Cable car station, Graubünden, Switzerland
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International Day for Biological Diversity
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Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia
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50 years of World Heritage Sites
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Bow Bridge in Central Park, New York City
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Fibonacci Day
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Valentines Day
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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One giant leap for penguins
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West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut
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A monastery in the mountain
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