Mitchell Falls is a 25-foot (7.6 m) waterfall located on private property in Yancey County, North Carolina on the slope of Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain in the Appalachian Mountain chain, and highest point in the eastern United States. Both the falls and the mountain are named for Elisha Mitchell, a professor who, while confirming his measurements of the mountain, ... Read More »
SELJALANDSFOSS, ICELAND Photograph by Howard Ignatius Seljalandsfoss is located between Selfoss and Skogafoss on the Southern Ring Road (Iceland’s main highway) down to Vik. The picturesque waterfall plummets 60 m (200 ft) to a deep pool below. Visitors can even hike around the pool to the back of the falls.Seljalandsfoss is one of the most famous waterfalls of Iceland. It ... Read More »
Mexican synchronised swimmers Nuria Diosdado and Isabel Delgado, pictured in Mexico City during a training session prior to the World Trophy of Synchronized Swimming competition which brings in competitors from 10 countries during the period 29 November to 01 December in Mexico. Picture: EPA Read More »
Bigar waterfalls (western Romania), one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Romania, tops the rankings. It is exactly on parallel 45 and is unique due to the way the water falls.The waters of the strong spring Bigar flow into Minis river, falling from a height of 8 metres on a moss-covered calc-tuff. The waterfall is always violent and frothy even ... Read More »
Seljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland is one of the most famous and beautiful. The water is floated by Seljalandsá river and then drops 60 metres (200 ft) from the cliff. It is possible to go behind the fall. It is indeed very eye-catching. Therefore, various images of it are found in the internet, as well as calendars or books. Seljalandsfoss is ... Read More »
The centerpiece of the park is a 400-foot-deep (120 m) narrow gorge cut through rock by a stream – Glen Creek – that was left hanging when glaciers of the Ice age deepened the Seneca valley, increasing the tributary stream gradient to create rapids and waterfalls wherever there were layers of hard rock. The park features three trails – open ... Read More »
Foss a Sidu is a waterfall to the east of Kirkjubaejarklaustur in southern Iceland. It is located near the Ring Road, and tumbles down cliffs near an isolated farm. This waterfall does have one unique aspect, however, in that it is known to regularly flow uphill during strong winds from the sea. The waterfall is only a single, narrow stream ... Read More »
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