'firefall' Phenomenon Wows Visitors To Yosemite's El Capitan

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Wed, 02/15/2017 - 5:45am

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Mother Nature is again putting on a show at California's Yosemite National Park, where every February the setting sun draws a narrow sliver of light on a waterfall to make it glow like a cascade of molten lava. The phenomenon known as "firefall" draws scores of photographers to a spot near Horsetail Fall, which flows down the granite face of the park's famed rock formation, El Capitan. Capturing the sight is a challenge.

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