Saturday, September 3, 2011

Niagara Falls



Sender: HeatherC
Niagara Falls: A fast exposure details the complex movements of water and mist.


HeatherC went for a summer vacation to Niagara Falls, a place that I have never been to.

I read that the Niagara Falls are the most powerful waterfalls in North America and the second largest falls on the globe next to Victoria Falls in southern Africa. It is situated on the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario and forms the international border between the the Canadian province of Ontario and the American state of New York. The word "Niagara" is derived from the Iroquois Indian word "Onguiaahra" meaning "the strait".

In the evenings, intense spotlights bathe the falls with different shades of color, as you can see from HeatherC's postcard. I can just imagine the tremendous sound it makes as the water goes over and lands at the bottom!

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