Tourists refer to the natural phenomenon as the “firefall,” although park officials reserve that term for the days when ...

For a few weeks every February, Yosemite National Park experiences a phenomenon that creates the illusion of a waterfall of flames. Dubbed the firefall, it takes place on the park's eastern side ...

The breath-taking 'waterfall of fire' is a trick of the light, that illuminates Yosemite’s Horsetail waterfall on clear February nights ...

This year, the chaos surrounding Firefall — and resulting damage to the area of the park where visitors gather to behold it — has some conservation-minded Yosemite tour guides opting out ...

Summer online reservations for Yosemite National Park have been postponed for an indefinite time. No reservations are needed ...

Two weather factors need to come together perfectly for the firefall to ignite. First, storms need to deliver rain and mountain snow to the Yosemite area leading up to Feb. 21 to feed Horsetail ...

Tourists refer to the natural phenomenon as the “firefall,” although park officials reserve that term for the days when people used to push bonfires off Glacier Point. According to Yosemite ...

The setting sun transforms Horsetail Fall into a firefall in Yosemite National Park. (Getty Images/Haoxiang Yang/500px) Two weather factors need to come together perfectly for the firefall to ignite.