Once a year Yosemite spectacle

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Yosemite waterfall turns to 'flowing lava' in rare February spectacle caught on camera

By Associated Press
Last updated at 7:13 PM on 19th February 2012


Fame: The waterfall's lights last for just about two minutes, giving the lesser-known waterfall in the park - though the longest free-falling one - its annually short-lived but long-remembered fame

A window of time just opened in Yosemite National Park when nature photographers wait, as if for an eclipse, until the moment when the sun and earth align to create a fleeting phenomenon.

This marvel of celestial configuration happens in a flash at sunset in mid-February — if the winter weather cooperates.

On those days the setting sun illuminates one of the park's lesser-known waterfalls so precisely that it resembles molten lava as it flows over the sheer granite face of the imposing El Capitan.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103408/Yosemite-waterfall-turns-flowing-lava-rare-February-spectacle-caught-camera.html#ixzz1my1p0Nvm

Amazing!

[Solly Mack]

1. Neat!

[liberal N proud]

2. Wild

[Skinner]

3. That's really cool.

Thanks for posting.

[handmade34]

4. what a treat!

[alfredo]

5. That's something I'd love to see in person.

[Ready4Change]

6. Very cool. Thank you!

.

[regnaD kciN]

7. I understand, this year, that it's not all that impressive...

...because of very low snowpack levels, and, therefore, not much water.

[ge26252se]

8. amazing!

[regnaD kciN]

9. For those wanting to try shooting this...

...I'm afraid you'll have to wait until 2013 as, according to Michael Frye, Horsetail Falls had dried up for the season as of Friday.