Frazzell ice: Has anybody here ever shot the Frazzell ice at Yosemite? Or Horsetail falls in Feb. to get the "Firefall" look? How about the Giant Sequoias of the Mariposa grove?

picturedude Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.

Has anybody here ever shot the Frazzell ice at Yosemite? Or Horsetail falls in Feb. to get the "Firefall" look? How about the Giant Sequoias of the Mariposa grove?

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

I have seen videos of Frazzell ice. I would think a still image would not show the flowing effect that video does.

I don't understand the "Firefall" look.

Pat

picturedude Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.

Jay Pat wrote:

I have seen videos of Frazzell ice. I would think a still image would not show the flowing effect that video does.

I don't understand the "Firefall" look.

Pat

The Firefall was an event in the park every evening after dark. A large pile of burning embers were pushed over the edge from Glacier point. From the vally floor it looked like a giant waterfall. Thousands of people would attend this event every night. I think it ended in 1969.

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

picturedude wrote:

Jay Pat wrote:

I have seen videos of Frazzell ice. I would think a still image would not show the flowing effect that video does.

I don't understand the "Firefall" look.

Pat

The Firefall was an event in the park every evening after dark. A large pile of burning embers were pushed over the edge from Glacier point. From the vally floor it looked like a giant waterfall. Thousands of people would attend this event every night. I think it ended in 1969.

I Googled.....http://www.firefall.com/journal.asp

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Horsetail Falls is edge-illuminated twice a year by the setting sun. For just a few weeks in February ( and sometimes in a wet August) the narrow waterfall glows golden red, just like the old man-made, ember Firefalls.

Horsetail Falls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyoa-QfeGho&list=UUwkUF9h5au_mbn0gXK3n8kg&index=10&feature=plcp

Frazil Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V9p4mFEYXc&list=UUwkUF9h5au_mbn0gXK3n8kg&index=19&feature=plcp

picturedude Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.

Nikonian72 wrote:

Horsetail Falls is edge-illuminated twice a year by the setting sun. For just a few weeks in February ( and sometimes in a wet August) the narrow waterfall glows golden red, just like the old man-made, ember Firefalls.

Horsetail Falls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyoa-QfeGho&list=UUwkUF9h5au_mbn0gXK3n8kg&index=10&feature=plcp

Frazil Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V9p4mFEYXc&list=UUwkUF9h5au_mbn0gXK3n8kg&index=19&feature=plcp

Looks like you and I are from the same area, Long Beach. Went to Jordan, class of 71. How about you?

picturedude Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.

Jay Pat wrote:

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Great video clip, thanks. One of my fellow employees there at the park used to be one of the last pushers for the event. He's told some great stories about it.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

picturedude wrote:

Looks like you and I were from the same area, Long Beach. Went to Jordan, class of 71. How about you?

In '71 I was just starting a 20-year stretch for molesting a Canonian. In '72, I was granted a pardoned, as long as I promised to keep my Nikonian hands to myself. Hence, my log-in name.

Nah, just another Nikon lie! About six years ago, I moved to Long Beach after my kids graduated from the Glendale school district. Much cooler near the coast.

picturedude Loc: Yosemite natl. park, Ca.

Nikonian72 wrote:

picturedude wrote:

Looks like you and I were from the same area, Long Beach. Went to Jordan, class of 71. How about you?

In '71 I was just starting a 20-year stretch for molesting a Canonian. In '72, I was granted a pardoned, as long as I promised to keep my Nikonian hands to myself. Hence, my log-in name.

Nah, just another Nikon lie! About six years ago, I moved to Long Beach after my kids graduated from the Glendale school district. Much cooler near the coast.

gse33 Loc: Southern California

Looks like you and I are from the same area, Long Beach. Went to Jordan, class of 71. How about you?[/quote]

I was a year behind you Jordan, class of 72 and I got to see the firefalls camping with my parents. I don't remember what year it was.