Horsetail Falls looks like a river of lava when the sun sets. Photo / Ralph Crane via Getty Images
Horsetail Falls looks like a river of lava when the sun sets. Photo / Ralph Crane via Getty Images
For ten days in February, the sun hits Horseshoe Falls at just the right angle to transform the waterfall into a river of lava
Yosemite National Park's firefall has returned for 2017.
The incredible phenomenon, which happens for only ten days each February, occurs when the setting sun hits HorsetailFall at exactly the right angle.
The phenomenon known as "firefall" draws scores of photographers to the spot, which flows down the granite face of the park's famed rock formation, El Capitan. Photo / AP
The thundering waterfall gradually changes colours from white to yellow, orange and red, making it appear like a river of lava.
