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  2. Bridalveil Fall - Wikipedia

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    The glaciers that carved Yosemite Valley left many hanging valleys that spawned the waterfalls that pour into the valley. Most of the waterways that fed these falls carved the hanging valleys into steep cascades, but Bridalveil Creek still leaps into the valley from the edge of the precipice, although that edge has moved back into an alcove from the original edge of the valley.

  3. Bridal Veil Falls - Wikipedia

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    Bridal Veil Falls, Bridalveil Falls or Bridalveil Fall is a frequently-used name for waterfalls that observers fancy resemble a bride's veil: Australia [ edit ]

  4. Truncated spur - Wikipedia

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    Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite National Park.Either side of the waterfall are the flat vertical faces of the truncated spurs Faulted southeastern side of Svyatoy Nos peninsula, Lake Baikal - active faulting shown by faceted spurs forming triangular facets

  5. Yosemite Firefall - Wikipedia

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    The allure of the Yosemite Firefall has transcended through time, evolving into a natural spectacle observed annually. Unlike the original man-made Firefall event, the modern-day phenomenon is a captivating interplay of nature's elements that occurs every February, replicating the appearance of a fiery waterfall without the use of actual fire ...

  6. History of the Yosemite area - Wikipedia

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    Bridal veil fall photographed by Carleton E. Watkins Yosemite Falls, lithograph appearing in Hutchings' magazine, from a sketch by Thomas Ayres. Forty-eight Non-Indian people visited Yosemite Valley in 1855, including San Francisco writer James Mason Hutchings and artist Thomas Ayres. [28]

  7. List of waterfalls - Wikipedia

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    Āniwaniwa Falls (Rainbow Falls) Bridal Veil Falls – 55 m (180 ft) plunge waterfall along the Pakoka River, Waikato; Browne Falls – cascades 619 m (2,031 ft) or 836 m (2,743 ft), depending on source; Huka Falls; Humboldt Falls; Kitekite Falls – 40 m (130 ft) 3-tiered waterfall near Auckland

  8. Yosemite firefall is about to peak as sun ignites California ...

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    Between 1872 and 1968, people would stoke a large fire atop Yosemite's Glacier Point late in the day then push the red-hot embers from the fire off a cliffside after nightfall to the amazement of ...

  9. List of waterfalls in California - Wikipedia

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    Bridal Veil Falls (Esmeralda Falls) – 81 ft (25 m) Eagle Falls – 160 ft (49 m) Glen Alpine Falls (Big Falls) – 73 ft (22 m) Horsetail Falls – 500 ft (150 m) + Modjeska Falls (Upper Glen Alpine Falls) – 51 ft (16 m) Pyramid Creek Cascades (Lower Horsetail Falls) – 75 ft (23 m) Traverse Creek Falls; Cascade falls missing

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