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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Chilling out in the Arctic
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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act marks 42 years
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National Moth Week
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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Seceda, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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Yellow-eyed penguins, Moeraki, New Zealand
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Aurora borealis
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Looking for peace on the precipice
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Happy Fat Tuesday!
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A day to take a moment
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The borrowed days are here
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Taking the scenic route
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World Hello Day
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World Oceans Day
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Jerte Valley in bloom
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I ll call for pen and ink
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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Seville, Spain
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Let’s go mothing
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
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Nazca boobies, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France
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I m here! Take a look at me!
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Ancient storage in the Grand Canyon
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