Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park seems ablaze on Feb. 23, 2022. The phenomenon is referred to as the "firefall." (Liao Pan / Getty Images) For a rare, if not lucky, few days a year, Yosemite ...

"Firefall" occurs when the sun is setting as beams of sunlight shine down on Horsetail Fall at a particular angle. As it does, the water shines bright and looks like a river of molten lava from a ...

For a few weeks every February, Yosemite National Park experiences a phenomenon that creates the illusion of a waterfall of flames. Dubbed the firefall, it takes place on the park's eastern side at El ...

Yosemite's "firefall," a brief period every year when the late-winter (and sometimes fall) sun backlights the park's Horsetail Falls causing it to glow bright orange, has grown into a major event.

For a few weeks in February, a spectacular sight draws crowds of visitors to Yosemite National Park. Each day, just before sunset, Horsetail Fall on the eastern edge of El Capitan gets a back-lit glow ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Nature lovers, get ready. Every year in mid-to-late February, hundreds of people flock to Yosemite National Park in California and make their way to Horsetail Fall in ...

It’s almost firefall season in Yosemite National Park, when ephemeral Horsetail Fall can glow with the setting sun for a limited time in February. Day-use reservations to enter Yosemite won’t be ...

For a rare, if not lucky, few days a year, Yosemite National Park’s famed El Capitan granite cliff converts into what looks like an active volcano jutting 3,000 feet above the valley floor. The ...