Each February, Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall lights up as the setting sun transforms the waterfall into a glowing, orange and red cascade of molten lava. The rare phenomenon, known as “firefall”, lasts just a couple weeks each year, for a few minutes at dusk. It occurs only when there’s enough snow or water to fuel the waterfall, and the sun hits the granite face of El Capitan at just the right angle.
Photographers and nature enthusiasts wait anxiously to catch a glimpse of this magnificent optical illusion. Since the firefall began about ten days ago, people have been posting dozens of incredible images to Instagram.
Here are a handful of our favorites.
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js
The post 13 Incredible Photos of Yosemite’s El Capitan ‘Firefall’ appeared first on Headout Blog.
from Headout Blog http://ift.tt/2lGkq3d
via IFTTT
You must log in to post a comment.