During the 2nd Half of February and beginning
of March each year, " Seekers of the Light ",
venture to Yosemite to see if Mother Nature
will provide them with the "perfect conditions" to grant them
the beauty of the Naturally lit Horsetail Firefalls......
a tiny falls that forms falling over a specific corner of
El Captitan only during and after sunset.
This year they were lucky and had numerous opportunities
and locations from which to view this phenomena.
There has to be NO clouds blocking the sunset, and there
has to be enough snowpak just before to and current sun
to allow the snow to melt each day about 3pm and start
the tiny waterfall.....Many have gone in past years and
been totally skunked by the conditions....
FM_NorCal had numerous members that went this year,
but since we had a number of opportunities the trips were
spread out over the 4 weekends. I know that Doug Otto,
Alan Marr, Randy Walton, Jim Fox, Ed Nunez,
Erasmo Acosta, Thien Anh Pham, and Anh Pham went......
If anyone else went that I missed, just drop me a line
and I can easily add your name to this blog....
For those that have never been... Here is a sample
of the show Mother nature puts on......
Thanks to Ed for sharing his Keeper !
So next year when I say HFF aka Horsetail Firefall
you will know what we are talking about.....OK?
Kudos to everyone that went and brought home
some wonderful images.... not "just" of the falls...
Next is the Yosemite Falls Full Moonbow Show
later this month...
So check the wiki and See you there!
Posts
