Showing posts with label waterfall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waterfall. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Snoqualmie Falls

Continuing waterfall week, today it will be close to home with Snoqualmie Falls. These falls are located just about 25 miles east of Seattle and they are 268 feet high. Here is a winter picture with minimal flow. This is a picture showing higher flow during the spring.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Dettifoss

Since Iceland is stealing the show with news of the volcanic eruption and ash cloud that is halting air traffic across northern Europe, I have chosen to highlight an Icelandic waterfall to start the week.

Dettifoss is the largest waterfall in Europe by flow rate. It is 44 meters high and 100 meters wide. The falls are located in Vatnajökull National Park on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river (don't ask me to pronounce it) and the water comes from the largest glacier in Iceland the Vatnajökull glacier.
Check out this crazy guy on the rock edge of the falls!!!