Check out the photos of the "Fire Waterfall" in Yosemite National Park. The waterfall is actually Horsetail Fall on the east side of El Capitan.
At first I thought that maybe this was a hoax, or maybe they were photo shopped images, but apparently they're real. The spectacular view of the waterfall is created by the reflection of sunlight hitting the falling water at a specific angle, and can only be seen during a 2-week period towards the end of February. Thus, seeing and photographing this phenomenon is fairly rare.
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El Capitan /
Fire Waterfall /
Horsetail Fall /
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite's "Fire Waterfall"
Monday, December 13, 2010
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That is just gorgeous! I've never heard of that phenomenon. Thanks for sharing!
Wendy - thank you. Yes, I posted this because I had never heard of it either. Makes you wonder how many other things are out there - like this - that most people have never heard of as well.
Amazing pictures! Thank you for the link. When I saw the headline, I thought they had revived the old "fire fall". This is much neater!
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