Photo Tweeted from the National Park Service:
Horsetail Fall flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. It’s a small waterfall that many people don’t notice, but it has gained popularity as more and more people have noticed it can glow orange during sunset in mid to late February. The most popular place to see Horsetail Fall seemingly afire is El Capitan picnic area, west of Yosemite Lodge and east of El Capitan (see map below). The “firefall” effect generally happens during the second half of February. A clear sky is necessary for the waterfall to glow orange. Photo: Bethany Gediman, NPS
People living close to National Parks are lucky to do so; people who work in them luckier still, in the lifetime sweepstakes for seeing breathtaking sites. NPS employee (Ranger?) Bethany Gediman caught this image of Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park.
Be sure to see the video of Yosemite Nature Notes No. 14, posted here earlier. It shows Horsetail at sunset in full glory. Great photography.
How to get there:
Map of Yosemite National Park, showing Horsetail Falls and hiking trail to get to viewpoint in the photograph.
More:
- Catch Yosemite’s fiery falls before it’s too late (grindtv.com)
- Yosemite Valley’s “firefall” astounds park visitors (gallery) (sfgate.com)
- Yosemite (richardbegone.wordpress.com)
- Jay Sousa: Conditions must be right to photograph Horsetail Fall (mercedsunstar.com)
- Park Service Sets Plans for Sequester Cuts (blogs.wsj.com)
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