Around the world, there are many waterfalls that possess awe-inspiring beauty, but there is only one like Horsetail Falls, with its singular and remarkable feature of resembling a waterfall of fire.

Horsetail Falls located in Yosemite National Park in California, USA, also known as “Fire Falls”, is one of nature’s most amazing spectacles. From a distance, Horsetail waterfall seems to be pouring lava flows down the mountain foot. In fact, when sunset falls, the sun shines on the water flowing down the cliff, creating a fiery red color due to the phenomenon of light refraction.

Normally, Horsetail is a small and dry waterfall because its water is the amount of snow melting from the top of El Capitan rocky mountain, so little that visitors do not notice, until the phenomenon of Fire Falls appears. If you want to admire this amazing beauty, you have to time it right, not at any time.

Every year, in just about 2 weeks, from mid-February to early March, when the sun goes down, the light shines down on Horsetail waterfall making it glow red, orange and yellow as unique as the name Fire Falls. It is also unique in that during those 2 weeks, Firefall does not happen every day, so people talk to each other, only the “lucky” people can meet.

According to Amusing Planet, in order to form Fire Falls, several conditions need to occur simultaneously. The first is that the waterfall must be flowing, which means it needs to be warm enough to melt the snow and ice, the falls’ only source of water.

The second condition is that the western sky must be real during sunset, with no clouds, rain or snow that would block the sunlight on its way to the waterfall. Photographer Michael Frye – author of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite said: ” Horsetail Falls is so amazing that I don’t know of any other waterfall on Earth that can have this light .”

The beautiful sight at Fire Falls is known to more tourists by sharing pictures on the media. Every year, many tourists and photographers flock here to admire this incredible beauty.

The most convenient and frequent place to see the phenomenon of Fire Falls is at the El Capitan picnic area. At the end of February, you’ll often find photographers of all levels waiting there to capture the last rays of evening at Horsetail.