ADVERTISEMENT

Sunday, July 18, 2010

The ‘fire waterfall’ in California.

Well.. it’s not new! But for a slow coach, it’s news anyway… and I am amazed.


Download Free Full Songs!---------------------

Yosemite National Park, California USA was gazette as a national park in 1890. It stretches as far as 1200sq km and is world famous for its rugged terrain, waterfall and century-old pine trees. The spectacular view of the waterfall is created by the reflection of sunlight hitting the falling water at a specific angle. This rare sight can only be seen at a 2-week period towards the end of February and the "fire" waterfall of El Capitan is one of the most spectacular of all scenery.

fire waterfall 7 national parkfire waterfall 4 national park

To photograph this rare event, photographers would often have to wait and endure years of patience in order to capture them. The reason is because its appearance depend on a few natural phenomenon's occurring at the same time and luck.

fire waterfall national parkfire waterfall 8 national parkfire waterfall 1 national park

1st, is the formation of the waterfall - The water is formed by the melting of snow and ice at the top of the mountain. It melts between the month of December and January and by the end of February there might not have much snow left to melt.

 fire waterfall 2 national park fire waterfall 3 national park 

2nd, is the specific angle of the sunray hitting the falling water - The sun's position must be exactly at a particular spot in the sky. fire waterfall 5 national parkThis occur only in the month of February and at the short hours of dusk. If it is a day full of clouds or something blocking the sun, you can only take pictures of your own sorry faces on the waterfall. It coincides with the fact that the weather in the National Park at that time of the year is often volatile and unpredictable.
fire waterfall 9 national park

 

 

 

 

It compounds to the difficulty of getting these pictures. 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone did manage!!! AND we all get to see it !!!  A rare sight!! Ain’t it beautiful…

Related Posts with Thumbnails

ADVERTISEMENT

Locations of visitors to this page