For a few days each year, a waterfall in Yosemite seems to turn into lava. Here’s how the famous “firefall” works—and why ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The wispy flow of Horsetail Fall is illuminated by the setting sun in Yosemite Valley on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, creating the ...

Every year, rain and snow runoff slip down the eastern face of El Capitan, creating a narrow waterfall that drops over two thousand feet to the valley. In February, for about a two week period, the ...

A view of the firefall at Yosemite's Horsetail Falls in 2019. (Raul Roa / Los Angeles Times) Yosemite's firefall — the winter convergence of sunbeams and falling water that has drawn growing crowds to ...

Yosemite National Park won’t require reservations in 2026 for visitors hoping to see one of its most famous natural spectacles. For the last three years, the popular California park has required ...

Yosemite National Park's viral "Firefall" is almost back, and the question heading into mid- to late February is the same as always: Will Horsetail Fall be flowing, and will the sky be clear enough at ...