Nope. It is not lava. It is an optical illusion at Yosemite Horsetail Falls. It only occurs annually in the late weeks of February- as the sun strikes the falls for a few minutes just before sunset- turning them liquid golden red.
Although I have traveled several times to, and seen these falls...it was never during this phenomena.
Today we will enjoy it virtually.
This is the way it looks the rest of the year...
Firefall
https://youtu.be/OMv84ZUhFFw
Documentary
https://youtu.be/8dPF3ulvOz0
This year's Firefall is said to be the BEST in recent memory.
Now we've seen it, too!
More Anon...
A couple other shots of the Falls I thought were outstanding
A rainbow off the mist
https://www.yosemite.com/yosemite-webcams/yosemite-falls-webcam/
