Canadian Side

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The Canadian side of Niagara Falls offers different, and sometimes better, views of the falls, especially Horseshoe Falls. Although less than three times as wide as the American Falls, Horseshoe Falls carries nine times as much water, about 720,000 gallons per second. The greenish tint is a result of the salts and finely ground rock dissolved in the water.

This picture shows the Horseshoe Falls with the Maid of the Mist. An enormous cloud of mist seems to be perpetually rising from the base of the falls, thinning out as the wind carries it away.

Horseshoe Falls

Here's a closer view of the brink of Horseshoe Falls. The falls drop about 173 feet to the water below.

Brink of the Falls

Unlike the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls, pictured below, cascade over a series of large boulders at their base. Although these falls are hard to see at times through the mist, I managed to capture this shot when the air was clear.

American Falls

This last photograph shows a bed of pink flowers along a walkway near the falls. I believe they are geraniums.

Pink Geraniums

Niagara Falls

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Of the few places in the world that can really take your breath away, Niagara Falls has to be one of the better ones. It'd be hard to imagine something with that much water that isn't just outright impressive. I was recently privileged with a trip to Niagara Falls, and made photography a priority during my stay in the area. This next series of photographs, featuring the falls, will be my first set from outside Ohio.

The best place to capture a view of the American Falls, the closer falls in this picture, and the Canadian Falls to the southwest is from the observation tower a few hundred yards downstream.

 Niagara Falls

 

The boat below, the Maid of the Mist, plies the misty waters at the base of the falls, giving tourists a somewhat soaking experience of the power of this amount of water.

 Misty Waters

 

A boardwalk starting from the south end of the American Falls takes visitor about halfway to the top of the waterfall. The dense clouds of mist billowing across the boardwalk create many beautiful rainbows, and I captured one of them below in front of the Niagara River.

Up the Boardwalk

 

The observation tower also provided a view of this structure, the Rainbow Bridge, which sits just downstream from the falls. It is one of the few access points between Canada and the U.S. in the area.

Rainbow Bridge