Horsetail Firefall
March 11th, 2010This photo was made by Rob Kroenert on February 18th 2010 in the Yosemite National Park. Every year during the month of February, the Horsetall Falls turn golden around sunset. Amazing.
EDIT March 4th 2011
I’ve just found this video about the Horsetail Firefall at Boing Boing. Worth watching!
March 11th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Awesome!
March 12th, 2010 at 3:00 am
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March 12th, 2010 at 3:10 am
that’s truly amazing. I’ve never seen it before.
March 12th, 2010 at 9:01 am
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March 12th, 2010 at 9:52 am
That is truly beautiful.
March 12th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I remember seeing the Yosemite Firefall of real embers in 1958 (http://firefall.info/).
I had just gotten my first camera, a Yashica “A”, for my 10th birthday. I was anxious to get a picture of the Firefall, so, knowing it would be dark and outside, I got some blue daylight flashbulbs and shot away when the Firefall was released. Needless to say, the pictures did not turn out so well.
March 13th, 2010 at 12:16 am
[...] On February 18, 2010, photographer Rob Kroenert took this amazing photo of Horsetail Falls at Yosemite National Park. The falls are in a unique place during this time of year because the rays from the sunset shine on the falls and make them look like flowing lave. [via] [...]
March 13th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Wow this is a truly amazing phenomenon & it’s beauty is astounding : )
March 13th, 2010 at 3:47 am
Wait…
how exactly does it turn gold? natural phenomenon or manmade backlights?
March 13th, 2010 at 4:17 am
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March 13th, 2010 at 5:22 am
amazing
March 13th, 2010 at 5:47 am
Sorry. Nothing new. Years ago, Yosemite used to have a display created by pouring burning embers from Glaciar Point to Yosemite Valley, 1000 feet below. It was discontinued when the Park Rangers realized that it was a potential fire hazard.
March 13th, 2010 at 6:44 am
it is amazing it looks like lava
March 13th, 2010 at 7:03 am
Mesmerising…beautiful….nice …really nice photography.
March 13th, 2010 at 7:50 am
Every thing about “El Capitan” is beautiful. The falls are just one of the many wonders of this amazing mountain.
March 13th, 2010 at 9:23 am
oh!.. really awesome.. you can find rarely such creations ..
March 13th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Thanks for sharing your fabulous photo of this awesome phenomenon!
March 13th, 2010 at 10:51 am
amazing …
March 13th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Totally stunning!!!
March 13th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Wow, thats so amazing! I didn’t even know that such thing is possible!
March 13th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
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March 14th, 2010 at 3:15 am
Love it – great pic. Am heading to Yosemite this week, hopefully I’ll see this natural phenomenon in the flesh.
March 14th, 2010 at 4:42 am
Yosemite is another one for those places that literally takes your breath away. Working here must be an amazing job!
March 14th, 2010 at 5:46 am
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March 14th, 2010 at 11:22 am
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March 14th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
wooooow! does it usually coincide with an earthquake?
March 14th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
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March 15th, 2010 at 2:03 am
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March 15th, 2010 at 3:08 am
[...] 下面是引自Rob对此照片写的创作说明。原图在Flickr上，但是我转自这里，因为Flickr不能正常显示。为此， 我要感谢国家，感谢政府，感谢党。我的博客中不少读者是有志于赴美求学的朋友，我想说，去吧，那里有优山美地，更重要的是，你可以上Flickr和任何网站，而且最多只需要感谢父母。 Yosemite puts on a unique show this time of year. [...]
March 15th, 2010 at 9:52 am
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March 15th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Fantatic shot, what a moment to capture. Superb.
March 15th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
shown on PBS National Parks series, burning embers dumped over but they said it was stopped years ago… so is this a old photo or did they start again???
March 15th, 2010 at 3:32 pm
pure awesomeness. i’m in. and i would also like to give the redwoods a visit while in the area…
March 15th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
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March 16th, 2010 at 6:44 am
http://www.yosemitepark.com/horsetail-fall.aspx it’s just caused by sunlight.
March 16th, 2010 at 6:54 am
I thought it’s lavar.
why wont the rock reflect the golden sunlight
long time exposure .
March 16th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
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March 17th, 2010 at 1:41 am
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 17th, 2010 at 4:27 am
stumbled from porto alegre, brazil
amazing!!
March 21st, 2010 at 12:04 pm
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March 31st, 2010 at 11:55 am
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April 1st, 2010 at 12:17 am
Amazing photo. I know it is natural but it looks like it is backlit.
April 8th, 2010 at 1:33 am
It’s really awesome!!
April 27th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
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June 11th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
This is not water, this is nothing to do with sunlight, it is ember poured over the cliff. Read what people say above. Americans believe anything?!?
June 13th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
How beautiful could be !?
June 21st, 2010 at 3:49 am
I thought it’s lavar.
why wont the rock reflect the golden sunlight
long time exposure
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:30 am
Wow that’s amazing I thought it was lava until I read the comments. Beautiful. You def learn something new every day. :)
June 29th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
i really thought that was lava but that is really cool i wish i can go see it someday.
June 30th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
It’s actually not natural. There is a tradition wherein, once a year, members of the Yosemite Hiker’s Club get together and pour embers over the cliff. This practice has recently been forbidden, however, because of environmental concerns.
July 1st, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Its very beautiful picture. its my pleasure to see a wonderful picture. i never seen before. its a natural picture.
then u have pass a few time , & feels for nature. god gives so much beauty in this world. u have to admire it.
July 8th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
simply mesmerizing !!! Nature’s true mystery :)
July 9th, 2010 at 1:42 am
i wish i wasn’t stuck in a cubicle, so i could see the world like that, a great photo
July 10th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
cool, nature has its own way of revealing its beauty:)))))
July 24th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
“Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right”–”Scarlet Begonias”
July 29th, 2010 at 9:36 am
…. a fantastic feat of fabulous photography of Horsetail Firefall in Yosemite National Park !! :-)
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 am
Fucking awesome!
August 5th, 2010 at 12:59 am
Brilliant capture – such amazing light!
August 5th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
It is a photo taken on a very long exposure during a night. The “lava” is in fact climbers’ headlamp.
August 21st, 2010 at 12:27 am
Doing a little google search I found that the ‘embers’ were discontinued in 1968. That photo clearly wasn’t shot in 1968. Also yosemitepark.com, the official site for the park refers to the falls as a, ” ‘natural firefall’ (which) appears when the angle of the setting sun sets the waterfall ablaze with reds and oranges.” The site states it occurs for a few weeks in February.
****As for Rincewind’s comments about American’s believing anything; get over yourself and do some fact finding before you play the ‘dumb American’ card.
September 14th, 2010 at 8:31 am
well…. photoshop is always a possibility, huh?
September 16th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Awesome shot!
September 29th, 2010 at 1:08 am
Sure would like to make it there one day to take some pics. Nice blending of shadows and highlights.
October 3rd, 2010 at 9:49 pm
What an extraordinary shot! So wonderful!
October 25th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
[...] During February, the setting sun turns the falls’ waters golden, making the water look like molten lava or liquid gold. Great photo and a must see place. link [...]
November 11th, 2010 at 3:05 am
Looks very surreal. thanks for sharing.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:22 am
wow i wanna go there and see it for myself.. that’s really stunning :)
December 12th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
It looks like molten lava. Nature is really superb!
December 13th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
amazing. I’ve never seen it before.
December 17th, 2010 at 6:59 am
At first I thought it’s lava, itis amazing. I wanna go there!
December 21st, 2010 at 10:02 am
OMG!!! I have grown up my entire life hearing stories about this! My grandfather has told me about seeing this as a small child while on vacation with his mother, I could never even come close to imagining how beautiful it truly is!
December 22nd, 2010 at 8:56 pm
What is that?
January 31st, 2011 at 10:58 pm
Great going to try to watch live this year couple of weeks away. Only one night a sat so could take a couple yrs. Thanks for the great shots.
February 21st, 2011 at 12:27 pm
amazingly beautiful!!