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Sun sets waterfall ablaze in Yosemite 'firefall'

For just a couple of weeks every year the last rays of daylight hit Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park, appearing to set the water alight like a river of lava gushing down a mountainside.

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The phenomenon, which lasts just a few minutes at sundown and which draws tourists from across the country, relies on a rare combination of perfect conditions.