Here are two from last February of the now famous Horsetail Falls in Yosemite. Most of you know this, but it's a narrow 2 week window where this can happen. Typically it only happens maybe 3 or 4 times during that 2 week period as multiple conditions have to be right, including not being too cold so the ice on top will thaw and flow, no clouds to the west that block the sun, and also that there is even enough snow that can melt to flow.
On any typical day, the water won't start falling until about 3pm as it's frozen up on top of El Capitan. And real often it can be clear all day, and then about 5 minutes before sunset, just enough clouds for on the horizon that the sun then gets blocked, and there is no color. It's definitely an awesome moment when it happens and it's not uncommon to have people cheering as the falling water starts to glow and can change from a gold color to a red color. It's an awesome sight to behold, and one that is worth standing about hundreds of others to shoot.
BTW, this isn't the FireFall either. So many people are calling this the wrong name. The FireFall was something that last occurred 40 some years ago. And it involved pushing burning logs off from Glacier Point and they would land behind Curry Village. The FireFall was a real fire.
Jim
On any typical day, the water won't start falling until about 3pm as it's frozen up on top of El Capitan. And real often it can be clear all day, and then about 5 minutes before sunset, just enough clouds for on the horizon that the sun then gets blocked, and there is no color. It's definitely an awesome moment when it happens and it's not uncommon to have people cheering as the falling water starts to glow and can change from a gold color to a red color. It's an awesome sight to behold, and one that is worth standing about hundreds of others to shoot.
BTW, this isn't the FireFall either. So many people are calling this the wrong name. The FireFall was something that last occurred 40 some years ago. And it involved pushing burning logs off from Glacier Point and they would land behind Curry Village. The FireFall was a real fire.
Jim
