Yosemite National Park is wildly popular, and for good reasons: granite monoliths, cascading waterfalls, and giant trees. AAA Member Ramesh Hegde, who hails from Santa Clara, Calif., visits often. Earlier this year, he went to capture the “firefall” light phenomenon—when the winter sun hits Horsetail Fall at just the right angle so that the water glows fiery orange and red—but the weather didn’t cooperate. However, his luck changed that evening at the iconic Valley View pull-out alongside the Merced River. “With the clouds and fog, this scene turned out to be mesmerizing and magical,” he says. “Yosemite never disappoints.” —leeanne jones
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