This is science, no spinning!
This a natural phenomena and not the act or the creation by God.
A rare sight!!
Yosemite National Park, California, USA
This park was gazetted as a national park in 1890. It is world famous for its
rugged terrain, waterfall and century-old pine trees. It covers 1200 sq km and
the "fire" waterfall of El Capitan is one of the most spectacular of all
scenery.
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 Feburary. 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
phenomenons occuring at the same time and luck.
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.
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. This 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. It
compounds to the difficulty of getting these pictures.
Someone did !!! and we all get to see it !!!
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