Colorful Horsetail Falls Sunset is a photograph by Her Arts Desire which was uploaded on February 14th, 2014.
Colorful Horsetail Falls Sunset
Horsetail Falls is a waterfall that flows down the face of El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park. It does not occur year round - only... more
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Colorful Horsetail Falls Sunset
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Her Arts Desire
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Photograph - Photography
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Horsetail Falls is a waterfall that flows down the face of El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park. It does not occur year round - only when there is enough snow at the top of the mountain to create this temporary but beautiful waterfall. If the conditions are right the waterfall is known to light up in the colors of the setting sun up to and including a brilliant red, which looks like a lava flow or fire-fall descending down the face of the mountain. Most years there is enough snow to create the waterfall but if the weather does not cooperate due to cloud cover over the setting sun, the waterfall wont light up. The window for this even to occur is only a couple of weeks in the middle of February when the sun sets in just the right place in the sky to radiate the beautiful colors of sunset directly on the face of El Capitan and lighting up the water flowing down horsetail falls.
With the severe drought in California this year (winter 2014) I wasn't expecting that there would be enough snow during the month of February to create a sufficient flow of water to be able to see the incredible phenomenon of Horsetail Falls lighting up during sunset in Yosemite National Park. Fortunately a recent storm deposited enough snow to create a small waterfall this year (actually, if you look carefully there are two small waterfalls flowing down from the top of El Capitan). The sun's position was not right for the flow to turn the brilliant red that many hope for when they come to photograph the falls, but the sunset was spectacular; the colors were beautiful on the face of the mountain and in the waterfalls themselves. Enjoy!
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February 14th, 2014
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