Author Topic: three waterfalls and three reactions [photographs] (Read 3853 times)

Daniel Kalal · « **on:** August 28, 2016, 07:27:37 PM »

The first two are two of the larger falls in Europe; the third stands alone as the most powerful. Note the people for a size-reference.

(all from a recent ride)

that's pretty...

wow...

we're all going to die...

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2016, 07:46:23 PM »

Thank you for posting Mr. kalal!

oldbike54 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:05:15 PM »

Yes , thanks Deke .

Funny , another member in Kansas and I were discussing waterfalls in Kansas just today .

Dusty

Daniel Kalal · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:12:44 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on August 28, 2016, 08:05:15 PM

...another member in Kansas and I were discussing waterfalls in Kansas just today.

Yeah; it's pretty much only a matter of scale. Otherwise, they're all mostly the same. Here's Kansas:

(Most of the other ones in Kansas are really just low dams to provide water for the old mill)

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #3 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:12:44 PM »

sbaker · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:32:12 PM »

Beautiful photos!!! As usual!

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2016, 08:37:21 PM »

High Falls, Pidgeon River.. Minnesota on left Canada on right bank..

charlie b · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2016, 09:14:56 PM »

It's an eerie feeling to be at the top of something like Niagra and stand next to the water rushing by....and then think about how much water is flowing....for centuries.

Then think about how tough it is to stand up in a fast flowing stream at hip depth (if you can even get that far in). No wonder water shapes the earth.

Triple Jim · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2016, 09:25:19 PM »

In the case of Niagra, they let it flow like it did for centuries only one day per year. Normally the daytime flow is about 1/2 the natural flow, and the nighttime flow is 1/4. The rest goes to the power plant, so they get hydroelectric power, and keep the falls from eroding upstream like it used to.

Beautiful photos, Daniel.

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2016, 10:57:15 PM »

Those are some really challenging rapids for a kayaker.

Triple Jim · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2016, 11:13:03 PM »

Here's a contribution, Fall Creek Falls, TN, a place I've enjoyed visiting twice. It's the highest waterfall east of the Mississippi, or at least one of the ones that's argued to be the highest. The first time I was a kid, and it was the 4th of July weekend. We camped next to some young guys who rode in on motorcycles. One with a big bushy beard was on a new loop Guzzi, and had a tag under his license plate that said "Fuzzy's Guzzi" It was the first Guzzi I saw, and the reason I eventually bought one.

Kiwi_Roy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2016, 12:45:57 AM »

On our trip to John Day we stopped at Dry Falls according to the signs was once the worlds largest, now dry.

JJ · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2016, 08:22:58 AM »

Great photos Daniel, as always!

Here are the last two cool waterfalls I experienced:

1. Horsetail Falls in Oregon, along the Columbia River (last 3 photos)

2. The 16-story "indoor" rain forest water falls at the Garden-By-The-Bay" in Singapore (First photo)

JJC

stevet · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2016, 09:49:11 AM »

Great topic, Daniel, and the photos, too.

Two views of Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.

#1, from earlier this summer.

#2, from a few years ago. (An HDR composite of 4 photos.)

And like Brad, a view of High Falls on the Pigeon River, Grand Portage State Park, taken back in April of this year during the ice melt. The flow was so heavy that the valley was quite limited in view from water spray. There is still plenty of ice on the left and right banks.

And from a nearby vantage point.

Steve.

Lannis · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2016, 10:01:03 AM »

Quote from: Triple Jim on August 28, 2016, 09:25:19 PM

In the case of Niagra, they let it flow like it did for centuries only one day per year. Normally the daytime flow is about 1/2 the natural flow, and the nighttime flow is 1/4. The rest goes to the power plant, so they get hydroelectric power, and keep the falls from eroding upstream like it used to.

Beautiful photos, Daniel.

Great photos and a get-you-thinking-about-a-ride travelogue.

And the Niagara is still flowing just as much water as it always did, but we're stealing some gravitational potential energy from some of it ..... !

Lannis

LowRyter · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2016, 10:21:36 AM »

south of Franklin NC on HWY 28

LowRyter · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2016, 01:49:43 PM »

Niagara Falls

sib · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2016, 02:53:08 PM »

Niagara Falls! Step by step, inch by inch, slowly I turned....

charlie b · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2016, 03:37:56 PM »

Yellowstone

pebra · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2016, 05:24:04 PM »

This thread needs some GC!
The Fureberg waterfall, in Hardanger, Norway - photo taken ten days ago.

Triple Jim · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2016, 05:58:12 PM »

Very pretty and tasteful G, Pebra, as well as a beautiful waterfall.

Hit Man · « **Reply #20 on:** September 07, 2016, 07:02:48 PM »

I'll play (since I've been to Iceland)

kingoffleece · « **Reply #21 on:** September 07, 2016, 07:33:24 PM »

Good Grief, you guys with the cameras are GOOD!
Loved it.

jlburgess · « **Reply #22 on:** September 07, 2016, 08:18:45 PM »

I'll add Toketee Falls in Oregon off 138. Sorry, no pic. Stay away

charlie b · « **Reply #23 on:** September 08, 2016, 09:21:25 AM »

Quote from: kingoffleece on September 07, 2016, 07:33:24 PM

Good Grief, you guys with the cameras are GOOD!
Loved it.

I follow Daniel's advice. Pick a good subject, get a decent angle and the camera (my phone) doesn't matter much. Oh, and if you can pick good lighting conditions even better.

Good photographers, people like RK and Daniel can make a horrible subject look beautiful.

Wayne Orwig · « **Reply #24 on:** September 08, 2016, 11:34:42 AM »

I prefer to park the Guzzi under the falls.

LowRyter · « **Reply #25 on:** September 08, 2016, 01:10:01 PM »

OMG.

that's the "other" falls south of Franklin NC?

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Author Topic: three waterfalls and three reactions [photographs] (Read 3853 times)

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