The annual Horsetail Fall event at Yosemite National ... originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch the ‘Firefall’ phenomenon at El Capitan inside Yosemite National Park ...

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April and May are good months to see the park’s waterfalls, which include Yosemite Falls, Sentinel Falls, Ribbon Fall, Horsetail Fall ... referred to as the Firefall had been trying ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Every February, Horsetail Falls, which cascade down the famous El Capitan cliff in Yosemite National Park, become a fiery orange, illuminated by the setting sun.

The rare phenomenon happens when light hits a waterfall tumbling down El Capitan. The intensity of the brief annual display in February depends on the volume of water and the cloud cover.