Horsetail Fall (Yosemite)

Infobox Waterfall
name = Horsetail Fall


caption = Horsetail Fall is lit up by the setting sun
location = Yosemite NP, CA, US
type = Horsetail
height = 2,100 ft (650 m)
height_longest = 1,600 ft (480 m)
number_drops = 2
average_flow = very small, flows a few weeks in a normal year
world_rank =

Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring. The fall occurs on the East side of El Capitan. [cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/waterfalls.htm|title=Yosemite Waterfalls|publisher=NPS|accessdate=2008-07-27] There are a few days every February where this fall is lit up by the setting sun and reflects a bright orange.

This waterfall descends in two streams side by side, the eastern one being the larger, but both quite small. The eastern one drops 1,500 feet and the western one 1,600 feet, the highest fully-airborne waterfall in Yosemite that runs at some point every year. The waters then gather and descend another 500 feet on steep slabs, so the total height of these waterfalls is 2,100 feet. The image shown here is taken during a brief time during the winter, near 21 February at sunset, made famous by Galen Rowell's photograph.

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