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 ...

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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, Calif. (KGO) -- People exploring the beauty of Yosemite this time of year are catching the natural spectacle known as the "firefall." The annual 'Firefall' at Horsetail falls is one of the ...

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 ...

Reservations to visit Yosemite are required every weekend in February. A cold weather system dropped about 2 feet of snow in Yosemite in the past week and brought a dusting to the national park’s ...

"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 ...

The annual firefall from Horsetail Fall in Yosemite Valley glows after the sun has disappeared below the horizon of the national park about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA Fresno ...

In late January, the news cycle starts getting everyone excited about the potential of watching the lava-like waterfall flowing off the eastern cliff of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. A spectacle that ...

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 ...