Here's the boat ride...

Beautiful pictures . That's almost my backyard.

emm said:

This is below the falls further north up the river towards a spot we call Devil's Hole. The river flows due north. You can hike on the escarpment but it isn't a good idea unless you're very experienced. People have to be rescued by the jet boat or the helicopters all the time.
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JAYSUS CHRIST, why don't the build a damn there? Think of all the renewable energy!

Imago said:

That's only about one third of the water from the river going over. The rest goes to a power plant. We supply a LOT of the electricity for the northeast US and Canada.

shellyevon said:

I can only imagine what it used to look like.

I hear they can literally turn it on & off like a faucet, and there are agreements with the tourist industry about turning the flow up during the day & during tourist season.

Still, one of the most amazing things I've seen in person.

NDRU said:

I still can't fit the scope of it inside my head! Wow amazing!

Sweeny79 said:

You should see it in the winter... it's like a fairy land with all thw mist frozen on the trees and buildings. The wind is wicked though, you have to dress for the weather.

shellyevon said:

There were pictures of it in winter at our hotel.... I said we had to go back in the Winter.

Sweeny79 said:

I went in late May 2003 and there was still snow on the ground!

NDRU said:

that's too much winter!

No such thing as too much winter!!


made the pics bigger edit.
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shellyevon said:

And when I went in May, there was some snow under the falls, but it didn't look like that!

NDRU said:

We had a really hard winter that year... the "ice bridge" under the Falls is usually the last snow to melt. It can be 80F outside in May and the ice is still there.
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Sweeny79 said:

Now sounds and sights like this... are truly a Thank you.

That is what is the most fantastic about this place (the org), we see (because many do share) parts of the world we may never get to see.

shellyevon said:

What is winter like? Beautiful pictures. Thank you...

Mach said:

Beautiful pics Mach, thanks 4 sharing .

Freespirit said:[/quote]

What is winter like? Beautiful pictures. Thank you...[/quote]

I can only tell you what it is for me:
Winter is a time of darkness but when there's snow, it's never really dark.
It's air so cold and crisp it crinkles your nose and if you are quiet enough you can hear the telephone wires hum.
It's laughter and racing down hills on sleds and skis and gliding across frozen ponds on skates. It's snow angels, snowmen and snow forts. It's snowball fights,getting your face washed with snow and having snow put down your back.It's children's runny noses to be wiped and mittens to be dried by the heater.
It's dogs grabbing quick bites of snow on their walks and cats sitting in windows trying to catch snowflakes outside.
It's neighbors helping each other, shoveling, cleaning off cars., making sure the family with the young children have milk and bread, taking a hot meal to the retired people across the street.
It's long evenings with family and friends... or quiet evenings with a good book.
It's watching the days grow shorter and then miraculously longer again.
Anyway, that's what it is to me.
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shellyevon said:

Oh! What a beautiful surprise this so called winter weather can be.

Truly you expressed your view of winter so beautifully well. Thank you.

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Freespirit said:

you're welcome

Natisse said:

kickazz

NDRU said:

they do when TR and i went several yrs ago we were up befor 6 am and looked out( we were in a room high up facing falls ) ...was just a trickle of water comming over them

Sweeny79 said:

the boat ride was so fun ... so much freeking power in the water...the water comming over the wind the mist

crazee

wow. beautiful!!!! i must make it out there someday.

shellyevon said:

Yeah, I think the winter must have been bad & lasted a long time that year. I drove across the country that year, and it rained almost everywhere from the end of May to the beginning of June. Made it tough to camp!

Yellowstone & Yosemite had snow on the ground in higher elevations.

Now I have to pee

bluesbaby said:

Mach said:

I have been there in the summer and the winter...both so gorgeous and so different.....

niagra falls hard


film at 11 yo

Great shots. Haven't been there in ages.

Where's your barrel over the falls video?


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