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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Our Lady of the Rocks
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And they’re off!
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Take the stairs
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Things are looking up
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A valley view at 9,000 feet
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St. Patrick s Day
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Tiny fliers head south
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Keep shining
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Gauchos showcase Argentina’s independent spirit
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Winter in England s Cotswolds
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Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
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One for the books
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
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World Chocolate Day
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The Vestibule at Diocletian s Palace, Split, Croatia
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Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
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Nursing the world to health
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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The Wave at Coyote Buttes
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A festival of colors
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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White Desert National Park, Egypt
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Alaska Day
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Farmers Day
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The Guggenheim Bilbao turns 25
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The eloquence of elephants
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Mitsumata blossoms
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National Aviation Day
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Mute swans
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Celebrating National Panda Day