Sunset lines up to make Yosemite National Park’s waterfall
Right now in Yosemite National Park something glorious is happening.
Thanks to a perfect combination of timing and the setting sun, one of the national park’s waterfalls is glowing like hot lava.
It’s not actually lava, to be clear. It’s still a regular waterfall, with the entirely normal water of Horsetail Fall flowing down a vertical rock formation known as El Capitan.
The water only flows in this particular area in winter and early spring, so spotting the waterfall in itself is pretty special.
But once a year, the conditions will be right to create an even more incredible phenomenon.
If you’re lucky enough to visit Yosemite National Park at exactly the right moment, you might get to see firefall.
Firefall is the catchy name for when the setting sun lines up just right with Horsetail Fall, casting stunning gold, orange, and red light directly on the water.
As the light catches the water it creates a glowing, fiery effect. Hence the name firefall.
Firefall can only happen in perfect conditions, usually only for a few weeks in February.
As well as perfect light, there also needs to have been enough snow to melt into water for the falls.
If all these things perfectly align, people are able to spot the firefall for just a few minutes around sunset.
So when people are lucky enough to see it, they snap some amazing photographs. As you would.
Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to stare at these photos for the rest of the day.
So pretty.
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/16/once-a-year-the-sunset-lines-up-to-make-yosemite-national-parks-waterfall-glow-like-its-on-fire-6451629/
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