Every winter Yosemite National Park becomes the stage for one of nature’s most riveting optical illusions: a magnificent waterfall that for a brief moment appears to be made of pure golden fire.

A spectacular, natural phenomenon is getting ready to light up the evening sky at a national park in the US state of ...

Yosemite National Park staff say stormy conditions could make it difficult, even impossible, to view the annual firefall at Horsetail Falls.

Between February 10 and 26, for a few minutes at sunset, Horsetail Fall glows like molten lava or cascading fire spilling down El Capitan. It is called the Yosemite "Firefall".

Learn more about the science behind Yosemite’s Horsetail Fall, which glows like fire every February, and will return between Feb. 10 and Feb. 26, 2026.

The mountainside of Yosemite National Park appeared to catch fire as the annual viral firefall ignited in one of California's most popular tourist destinations. Photographers from around the world ...

As the sun drops behind El Capitan, hundreds of strangers stand shoulder to shoulder in the cold, waiting to see if a thin ...

"Firefall" occurs when the sun is setting as beams of sunlight shine down on Horsetail Fall at a particular angle. As it does, the water shines bright and looks like a river of molten lava from a ...

Yosemite National Park officials have announced they are starting up reservations for February weekends at Horsetail Fall in the hope of curtailing damage to surrounding areas by visitors. Many ...