{"id":67171,"date":"2026-02-24T14:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/visitors-flock-to-yosemite-for-firefall-light-show-despite-heavy-snow\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:55:27","slug":"visitors-flock-to-yosemite-for-firefall-light-show-despite-heavy-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/visitors-flock-to-yosemite-for-firefall-light-show-despite-heavy-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors flock to Yosemite for firefall light show despite heavy snow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunset phenomenon at national park\u2019s Horsetail waterfall still drew large crowds even with freezing temperatures<\/p>\n<p>Heavy snow did not deter visitors from flocking to Yosemite in recent days, in hopes of seeing the park\u2019s spectacular natural light show.<\/p>\n<p>Firefall occurs each year in February during sunset when the light hits Horsetail Fall in such a way that, for a brief period, the waterfall appears illuminated by lava. In recent years, the phenomenon has drawn large crowds \u2013 and lots of photographers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/24\/yosemite-firefall-light-show\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunset phenomenon at national park\u2019s Horsetail waterfall still drew large crowds even with freezing temperatures Heavy snow did not deter visitors from flocking to Yosemite in recent days, in hopes of seeing the park\u2019s spectacular natural light show. Firefall occurs each year in February during sunset when the light hits Horsetail Fall in such a &#8230; <a title=\"Visitors flock to Yosemite for firefall light show despite heavy snow\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/visitors-flock-to-yosemite-for-firefall-light-show-despite-heavy-snow\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Visitors flock to Yosemite for firefall light show despite heavy snow\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}