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Yosemite Firefall

For just a few days each year, the water of Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park appears like lava, drawing crowds of onlookers and photographers
Hundreds of photographers have swarmed to Yosemite national park to catch a rare glimpse of the “firefall”
A phenomenon that makes it appear as if water has turned into lava, flowing from a volcano.

For about 10 days each February,sunlight illuminates Horsetail Fall in a way that looks like lava is tumbling down the rock face.

The light show can prove elusive – local photographers
said this is the first February in many years in which
conditions have been ideal to capture the firefall.


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janescottcumming01-May-2020 12:22
Everything about this is spectacular. V
Guest 22-Apr-2020 00:54
When I was a young girl my parents took our family to stay at Camp Curry and the Park Rangers burned embers all day long to prepare for the real firefalls show that is not allowed anymore and for good reason. Fire danger . The only time I saw a bear in a meadow I reached for my camera and realized I left it at the bathroom shortly before. I reported my missing camera and never heard back, but over a year later, my daughter who works for Backroads went to Yosemite to lead a group on a trip and in her free time she went to the lost and found and there was my camera!!! 😃
Martha Spelman 19-Feb-2018 02:35
Stunning! I gotta go there!
Markus Grompe04-Mar-2017 02:02
spectacular. Big V
John Farrar27-Feb-2017 21:28
Classic. You can be proud of that one!
Anitta26-Feb-2017 15:07
JUST AMAZING! Wow! Sooo... you got your firefall! And what a S H O T !! The composition is brilliant, love the silhouette of the tree on the left, it gives great balance to the image. Even more I love the golgen-orange glow against the cliff, which has such beautiful texture. Purple sky is a bonus. This image would be a winner in any contest! A mastershot! Congrats William. *V*
Pieter Bos26-Feb-2017 08:46
Wonderful colors and light! ~V
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