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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Grand Teton National Park
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Pacific Park, Santa Monica State Beach, California
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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Sunny day, sweepin the clouds away
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Mute swan
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Celebrating all things Austen
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Native American Heritage Month
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Winter at Valley Forge
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Wooden path to Kennedy Lake, Vancouver Island, Canada
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Rosa Parks Day
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The roots of invention
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Tegallalang terrace farms in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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A keel-billed toucan in Costa Rica
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We stand with Ukraine
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Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
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Behold the blood moon
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A plot was afoot
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Womens History Month
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Hello, spring!
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A bison preserve
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Antarctica Day
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Lunar eclipse
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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Tassili n’Ajjer, Sahara, Algeria
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Notes from an underground lake
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April Fools Day
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Haghartsin Monastery, Armenia
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White Desert National Park, Egypt
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International Polar Bear Day
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