This world of ours is brimming with awe-inspiring displays of nature's splendor (like rainbows and sunsets), as well as a whole bunch of not-so-awe-inspiring ones (like rainbows and sunsets the third or fourth time you see them). However, Mother Nature loves to demonstrate that, even if you happen to be the most seasoned of outdoors enthusiasts, she still has the ability to full-on blow your goddamn mind ... if you're lucky enough to stand in exactly the right spot, at precisely the right time.
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Yosemite National Park Hosts a Fiery Waterfall Every February
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No, this isn't lava. But if it were, it wouldn't kick any less ass:
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It looks like how peeing as an old man feels.
That's Horsetail Fall in Yosemite, and for an awesome couple of weeks in February, the sun hits it at just the right angle to make it look like it's actually on fire. The phenomenon has been given the only appropriate name possible -- the Firefall -- and it lasts for about 10 minutes at sunset, assuming some asshole cloud doesn't get in the way. Given the right conditions, it's hard to take a picture of this thing that doesn't look completely badass:
Yosemite Firefall
Eat irradiated asparagus and this'll be your urine.
As an interesting (and somewhat insane) side note, you might have seen similar photos like this ...
Yosemite Firefall
The Human Torch shouldn't drink.
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