Yosemite Horsetail Firefall
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Yosemite Horsetail Firefall

Yosemite Horsetail Firefall
Yosemite Horsetail Firefall

Yosemite Horsetail Firefall is a beautiful waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California. The waterfall flows in the winter and early spring. If Horsetail Fall is flowing in February and the weather conditions are just right, the setting sun illuminates the waterfall, making it glow orange and red. This natural phenomenon due to its colors is often referred to as the “Firefall,” a name that pays homage to the man-made Firefall that once took place in Yosemite.

Yosemite Horsetail phenomenon
Yosemite Horsetail phenomenon

This waterfall descends in two streams side by side, the eastern one being the larger, but both quite small. The eastern one drops 470 m (1,540 ft) and the western one 480 m (1,570 ft), the highest fully airborne waterfall in Yosemite that runs at some point every year. The waters then gather and descend another 150 m (490 ft) on steep slabs, so the total height of these waterfalls is 620 m (2,030 ft) to 630 m (2,070 ft). The fall is best seen and photographed from a small clearing close to the picnic area on the north road leading out of Yosemite Valley east of El Capitan.

Yosemite Horsetail Firefall

waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California
waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California
Beautiful Yosemite Horsetail Fall
Beautiful Yosemite Horsetail Fall
Beautiful seasonal waterfall Horsetail Fall flows in the winter and early spring
Beautiful seasonal waterfall Horsetail Fall flows in the winter and early spring
Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California
Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California
The setting sun illuminates the Horsetail Fall, making it glow orange and red
The setting sun illuminates the Horsetail Fall, making it glow orange and red
waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California
waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California
waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California
waterfall in Yosemite National Park in California
Yosemite Horsetail Fall is the natural phenomenon, often referred to as the 'Firefall'
Yosemite Horsetail Fall is the natural phenomenon, often referred to as the ‘Firefall’

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