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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Hemingway’s Keys
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Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England
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Black History Month
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World Otter Day
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A march toward a dream
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Happy Pride Month!
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, US-Canada border
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J.R.R. Tolkien Day
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World Teachers Day
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Poinsettia Day
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Explorer of the sea
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Playa del Silencio, Spain
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World Lion Day
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Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy
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A species no longer at risk
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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The Canary Islands, Spain
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