A visitor pulls into parking specifically designated for Firefall viewing in Yosemite Valley Friday, Feb 9, 2024 in Yosemite ...

There’s a special reason to visit Yosemite in mid-to-late February. That’s because the sunset can lead to a “firefall” effect on Horsetail Fall if conditions are right, meaning the sky is ...

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 ...

This year, the chaos surrounding Firefall — and resulting damage to the area of the park where visitors gather to behold it — has some conservation-minded Yosemite tour guides opting out ...

The breath-taking 'waterfall of fire' is a trick of the light, that illuminates Yosemite’s Horsetail waterfall on clear February nights ...

YOSEMITE HUMS, all summer long ... mimicking an ethereal firefall, when the sun begins to set. So enchanting is this sight that entrance reservations are required over three February 2025 weekends ...

Summer online reservations for Yosemite National Park, which hosts nearly 4 million annual visitors, have been postponed. But those who want to see Firefall must still make reservations.

Tourists refer to the natural phenomenon as the “firefall,” although park officials reserve that term for the days when people used to push bonfires off Glacier Point. According to Yosemite ...

The setting sun transforms Horsetail Fall into a firefall in Yosemite National Park. (Getty Images/Haoxiang Yang/500px) Two weather factors need to come together perfectly for the firefall to ignite.

Two weather factors need to come together perfectly for the firefall to ignite. First, storms need to deliver rain and mountain snow to the Yosemite area leading up to Feb. 21 to feed Horsetail ...

The mountainside of Yosemite National Park will appear to catch fire later this month as the viral firefall ignites in one of California's most popular tourist destinations. Photographers from around ...