Time is running out to see one of Yosemite National Park’s most famous — and most fleeting — natural spectacles. For a few ...

Every winter Yosemite National Park becomes the stage for one of nature’s most riveting optical illusions: a magnificent waterfall that for a brief moment appears to be made of pure golden fire.

"Firefall" occurs when the sun is setting as beams of sunlight shine down on Horsetail Fall at a particular angle. As it does, the water shines bright and looks like a river of molten lava from a ...

Between February 10 and 26, for a few minutes at sunset, Horsetail Fall glows like molten lava or cascading fire spilling down El Capitan. It is called the Yosemite "Firefall".

As the sun drops behind El Capitan, hundreds of strangers stand shoulder to shoulder in the cold, waiting to see if a thin waterfall will ignite—or quietly fade to gray. There’s a moment in late ...

Yosemite National Park officials have announced they are starting up reservations for February weekends at Horsetail Fall in the hope of curtailing damage to surrounding areas by visitors. Many ...

For a few weeks each year, Horsetail Fall at Yosemite national park glows gold just before sunset. They call it the "Firefall." But it only happens if conditions are perfect. Yosemite National Park in ...