Yosemite Firefall

This winter I had the opportunity to visit Yosemite for a brief trip to photograph the spectacular Firefall.  I had planned for a full week of hiking, camping, and photography at Yosemite.  Unfortunately mother nature had other plans.  I was able to spend two amazing days there, and then a massive snowstorm blew in.  The park service did a mandatory evactuation of all the campgrounds.  I ended up leaving while it was dumping snow, and it didn’t let up for several days.  They ended up fully closing the park for more than a week.  With dynamic weather always comes the potential for dynamic lighting conditions, and those definitely didn’t disappoint.

 

California, El Cap, Firefalls, Half Dome, Inspiration Point, Sunrise, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
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Sunrise on the front edge of a massive snow storm that would dump enough snow to completely shutdown Yosemite National Park for a couple of weeks.

 

El Cap, El Capitan, Firefalls, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, Sunset
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Firefall at sunset.

El Cap, El Capitan, Firefalls, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, Sunset
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Firefall at sunset.

2023, Snow Cone, Upper Yosemite Falls, Winter, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
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Raging sheets of water cascading into a snow cone at the base of Upper Yosemite Falls.