The original man-made Yosemite Firefall was an event where bonfire embers were pushed off the cliff at Glacier Point. This Mariposa Gold episode looks at an important artifact from that nightly ceremony that you can still see today at the Mariposa Museum & History Center. 📰 | https://bit.ly/45AsXIg (Museum info) #YosemiteNation - Visit Gold Country - Visit California - California High Sierra - Mariposa Museum & History Center Inc | Yosemite Nation

Thousands of visitors gather each February at Yosemite National Park to witness the rare "Firefall" phenomenon. This occurs when sunlight hits Horsetail Fall at just the right angle, creating a visual effect that turns the waterfall a molten orange. | CNN

FIREFALL: In Yosemite National Park, water rushing down the face of famous Horsetail Falls has resembled a flow of lava this week -- the "firefall" is a brief phenomenon that lasts for about five minutes right at sunset, only in winter, awing visitors. https://cbsn.ws/2GBfbh2 | CBS Evening News