When the setting solar hits Horsetail Fall, it creates an optical phantasm that transforms the water coming off the rocks into what appears to be like like molten lava pouring down the granite face of El Capitan.
In accordance with the US Nationwide Park Service, the fiery impact seems solely in mid to late February, and solely on clear evenings when the waterfall is flowing.
Horsetail Fall, in California’s Yosemite Nationwide Park, sometimes runs solely throughout winter, and even slight haze or cloud cowl can vastly diminish the show, in accordance with the NPS.
