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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An endless journey
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Cetacean Saturday
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Birds of a feather flocking together
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Mesmerizing murmuration
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World Reef Awareness Day
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World Population Day
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Celebrating Flag Day: ‘O long may it wave’
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
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Groundhog Day
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A tree of many memories
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Humming along
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It s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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National Audubon Society s Christmas Bird Count
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World Water Day
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Celebrate International Women’s Day
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Bird s-eye view on World Environment Day
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
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Baltic Sea, Estonia
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Let the games (finally) begin!
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A lunar lantern celebration
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For Hispanic Heritage Month: Out of Many, One
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Blink and you ll miss it
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Extraterrestrial Culture Day
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Polar bear capital of the world
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Fiddlehead fern fronds
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Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri
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