Natural History Wanderings

SF Gate reported

A striking sight unfurled thousands of feet over the steep granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Saturday — and it wasn’t the annual firefall.

A group of six demonstrators rigged ropes and rappelled down to hang and secure four corners of an inverted American flag over the 7,500-foot cliff. As many as hundreds of unsuspecting spectators were gathered below to take in the last weekend of the sunset spectacle that transforms the waters of Horsetail Falls into a glowing bright orange hue.

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