Come to Yosemite in February and you may be shoulder-to-shoulder with photographers hoping to get a shot of Horsetail Fall in the evening. When conditions are right, rays of the setting sun align with the falling water to set the cascade ablaze with light—a natural display called the ‘firefall.’ And in a bit of added mystique, Horsetail Fall itself is an ephemeral waterfall—it flows only for a short time in the winter and early spring.
A winter light show
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Bioluminescence at Trwyn Du Lighthouse in Wales
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Farmers Day
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New Year s Eve in Sydney, Australia
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Reflections of the night sky
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Mekong River Delta, Long An, Vietnam
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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National Mountain Climbing Day
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Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
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A long, erratic commute
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Here there be dragons
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Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
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Valentines Day
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Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Happy Independence Day!
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San Blas Islands, Panama
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Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
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Speed skaters in the Gangneung Oval, Pyeongchang, South Korea
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Salzburg, Austria
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Cherry blossom season in Tokyo
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International Lighthouse Weekend
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Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California
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Veterans Day
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Night view of the RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
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Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
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Celebrating the UN’s International Day of Families
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Traveling warblers
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Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway
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