Firefall Photo

by Kaere Sat Feb 20, 2016 11:49 am

Saw this on a news page Smile

A stunning photo that captured the rare firefall phenomenon, at Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Falls, has gone viral.

Photographer Sangeeta Dey Photography explained how she got the shot: “Every year for two weeks in February, the sun sets at a certain angle and illuminates the waterfall in luminescent orange and red, making it look like a fluid fire. I’ve met photographers who said that they have been coming for 11 years only to see this happen 2 or 3 times.

The phenomenon was supposed to happen at around 5:30 in the evening, but I was there at 2 PM to find a spot. I finally settled for a tiny space under a thorny bush. When the fall started glowing, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. For 10 minutes, all of us sat there mesmerized by this spectacle. When it ended, a few of us had tears in our eyes. Some people were clapping. And others were just ecstatic to finally get a chance to see it after trying for years.”