Posted on 05/07/2022 5:19:36 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when water flows, the weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right. Often photographed from vantage points below, at the right moment the park's seasonal Horsetail Fall is isolated in the shadows of the steep walls of El Capitan. Then, still illuminated with rays of reddened sunlight the waterfall briefly takes on a dramatic, fiery appearance. But a Horsetail firefall can be photographed by moonlight too. Even more elusive by moonlight, the firefall effect can also be seen when a bright Moon sets at the right direction along the western horizon. And skies were clear enough for this well-planned imaging of an ephemeral Horsetail firefall, lit by a bright gibbous Moon setting in the early morning hours of April 15.
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One of my favorite places...
Beautiful!
I did find a giant mushroom.
There’s a lot to be said in favor of Springtime in Yosemite.
I never knew about this until I saw the movie “The Caine Mutiny”, where actual real burning material was sent over the falls...I guess they stopped doing that for obvious reasons.
Now, I guess this is just catching the light at the right time to give the effect? I never knew that was a thing.
Only 60 miles as the crow flies from my house, but I rarely visit Yosemite as the Tioga Pass road from my side of the mountains is usually closed due to snow 8 months of the year.
Never been there, probably never will.
At least I’ll have a little time with the wife after that caldera blows…
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