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Niagara falls
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Ice Age History of the Niagara River and Whirlpool Rapids
The Niagara River, as is the entire Great Lakes Basin of which the river is an integral part, is a legacy of the last Ice Age. 18,000 years ago southern Ontario was covered by ice sheets 2-3 kilometers thick. As they advanced southward the ice sheets gouged out the basins of the Great Lakes. Then as they melted northward for the last time they released vast quantities of meltwater into these basins. Our water is "fossil water"; less than one percent of it is renewable on an annual basis, the rest leftover from the ice sheets. |
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Excellent shot Jerolim. The best thing about this is you have captured the boat at the base of the waterfall. This has given us a great insight into the actual size of the falls. Awesome work. Thank you
Hello Jerolim! Good capture of the sun illuminating the river on the one side! That is about as close in as the Maid of the Mist boat goes, hope you got to go on it. Great greens! Well done!
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