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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                    2022 May 7   
      
                               Firefall by Moonlight   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Tara Mostofi   
      
      Explanation: On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be   
      spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when water flows, the   
      weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right.   
      Often photographed from vantage points below, at the right moment the   
      park's seasonal Horsetail Fall is isolated in the shadows of the steep   
      walls of El Capitan. Then, still illuminated with rays of reddened   
      sunlight the waterfall briefly takes on a dramatic, fiery appearance.   
      But a Horsetail firefall can be photographed by moonlight too. Even   
      more elusive by moonlight, the firefall effect can also be seen when a   
      bright Moon sets at the right direction along the western horizon. And   
      skies were clear enough for this well-planned imaging of an ephemeral   
      Horsetail firefall, lit by a bright gibbous Moon setting in the early   
      morning hours of April 15.   
      
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