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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Jeju Island, South Korea
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Star Wars Day
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Friendship Day
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The Crown of the Continent
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Hooray, hooray, it s Unicorn Day!
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Roman theater of Cartagena, Spain
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Manhattan
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National Blueberry Day
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Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
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It s National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Halfway Day
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A personal collection becomes an institution
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Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Honoring our fallen heroes
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Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
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Take the Stairs Day
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An icy extravaganza
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Ponta da Piedade rock formations in Portugal
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How lovely are your branches
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Fight for your lefts
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Fibonacci Day
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Happy Mother s Day!
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What happened to these clouds?
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It s harvest time on World Food Day
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Yosemite National Park turns 132