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OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by robysue » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:05 am

Folks,

It's been frigid up here in WNY this February. It's been the coldest month since record keeping began in this neck of the woods. And it was cold enough to freeze Niagara Falls. It seems like pictures of the frozen Falls have been posted just about everywhere, but I figured that some of you just might appreciate seeing some pics taken by an old cpaptalk.com friend who happens to live near NF.

Hubby and I went up to NF on Saturday, Feb. 28. This was about 3 days after the most severe and extensive "freezing" of the falls had been noticed. But it had stayed cold the whole week and we figured that there would still be a lot of snow and ice and frozen falls to look at. I posted about 30 pictures over on my photobucket account. You should be able to access those pictures by going to http://s1198.photobucket.com/user/robys ... sort=2&o=0 and browsing the whole album.

But here are some shots that I'm particularly proud of:

This picture is wide angle shot showing the entire American Falls area. Goat Island is on the right side; Niagara Falls, NY is on the left side. Luna Island is the frozen caplike structure nearest Goat Island. The frozen caplike structure that is closer to the left side of the picture is frozen Falls. This picture was taken from Victoria Park on the Ontario side.
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This next picture was taken from pretty close to the Victoria Park area on the Canadian side. It's a bit more zoomed in on the frozen stuff than the previous picture was. It shows the full beauty of the partially frozen American falls. On the far left you can see freezing in the falls. They appear to actually be frozen on the far left side of the picture. In the middle of the shot there's a spot where the falls have clearly thawed (or didn't fully freeze last week). The next batch of ice that's hanging down is an ice cap on the edge of Luna Island, which seperates the Bridal Falls (to the right of the picture) from the rest of the American falls (to the left of the picture). At the bottom right corner of the picture is the remnants of this year's Cave of the Wind tour. They have to rebuild the wooden walkways each spring, and this picture makes it clear why. The Cave of the Winds's Hurricane Deck will be rebuilt somewhere on that frozen stretch between the visible wooden structure and that mass of snow and ice between it and the Bridal Falls.
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This one shows the snow and ice around Luna Island, which separates the small Bridal Veil Falls (to the right) from the rest of the American Falls (to the left).
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This picture is just to the left of the previous one: Luna Island is just outside the right edge of the picture frame in this shot. So all the ice and freezing at the top of the falls is really Frozen Niagara Falls ice. This picture also shows the massive ice jams and ice floes that have developed in front of the American Falls.
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The next shot shows the Goat Island cliff that separates the American Falls from the Horseshoe Falls. The ice cycles really had a decided aqua-green tinge to them, so the color balance in this picture is pretty accurate:
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There were lots of rainbows the day we were up there. Here's one that extends all the way down to the base of the Horseshoe Falls. Notice the ice floe on the left side of the picture: That's about where the Maid of the Mist gets up to in the summer time:
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And finally, here's a zoomed shot of the American end of the Horseshoe Falls. The picture was taken from the Table Rock area on the Canadian side. You can see that there is still some freezing in the fall itself in the middle-right side of the picture, along with a lot of ice right at the edge of the waterfall on the left side of the frame. I'm currently using a cropped version of this shot for my FB profile shot. I may change my profile picture over here to this shot for at least a little while.
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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by kteague » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:12 am

Those are stunning! You are quite the photographer. Good to see you here. Going over now to see the others in the link. Thanks for posting.

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by ElvishKnight » Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:13 am

Wow those are crazy pictures! I didn't know it could freeze up like that! I used to live in Wilton near Saratoga Springs NY.

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by mgaggie » Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:18 am

absolutely beautiful RobySue. Thanks for sharing

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Post by dazza » Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:45 am

Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing.

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by saltydawg2 » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:03 am

I don't feel nearly as cold as I did a couple of seconds before viewing these. Thanks for the "thaw"!!

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Post by Sleeprider » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:58 am

I just got back from the Falls yesterday. Amazing sight, and your pictures do a great job of showing it. That cold mist off the falls is turning to snow and ice and it hits you in the face. Shocking! It's an unforgettable sight and worth the trip.

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by postitnote » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:25 am

Beautiful photos!
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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by palerider » Wed Mar 04, 2015 9:32 am

robysue wrote:Folks,
you're back! *dances*

and, thanks for the pictures!

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by chunkyfrog » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:01 am

Gorgeous! Can we stop cursing winter, now?
---i didn't think so.

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by HoseCrusher » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:24 pm

Niagara Falls is breathtaking under normal conditions. Even more so under frozen conditions. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by rdfry » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:24 pm

My friends and I would visit the falls in the winter. They are spectacular.
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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by robysue » Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:34 pm

First,

Thanks for the compliments everybody. I do enjoy sharing my photographs with friends. And the falls were spectacular last Saturday.

Next: Sleeprider can you tell me where that first shot you posted was taken from? It looks like it was taken from Prospect Point on the American side. That correct? And the second shot looks like it was taken from Table Rock on the Canadian side?

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by Sleeprider » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:09 pm

I think Prospect point is right, but I don't know my way around Niagara Falls as well as you. Pulling back the zoom a bit, it's from the snow and ice covered walkway where there are some tourist binoculars just south of the observation deck and Maid of the Mist on the NY side.

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The second shot is from the walk near Journey Behind the Falls and Incline Restaurant in Ontario at Horseshoe Falls.

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Really enjoyed your pictures Robysue. They have great color from the sunny day you caught. They are rare these days.

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Re: OT: Pictures of the (partially) frozen Niagara Falls

Post by robysue » Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:03 am

Sleeprider,

Yes, the wider angle shot does say that the first shot is from Prospect Point. To put it in perspective, Prospect Point is at the far left hand side of my wide angle shot of the frozen falls:
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Your other shot from around the Journey Behind the Falls area is indeed what I was calling Table Rock. The Table Rock plaza has the entrance to the Journey Behind the Falls (which is quite spectacular in the summer time) and the Incline Railroad is just inland from the plaza.

Thanks for sharing your pictures---I enjoyed seeing them immensely.

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