Our Trip to the Rockies - 2006 (6)
"We were ignored by the animals, but the people were great!"
| We almost made the mistake of driving by the Athabaska Falls. They are incredible to see and to hear. | |
| Over long years and centuries the Athabasca River has cut its way through the rock |
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| to form the amazing Athabasca Falls. |
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| They have cut their way through layers of rock |
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| and form eddies that drill their way to deepen the falls even more. |
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| Having fallen a long way it has a deceptive stillness |
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| in the lake below. |
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| The water here has a greenish cast. These are glacial rivers that are highest as the summer months come on with heat to melt the glacier a little more. As the glaciers move across their rocky berths they make a rock flour that colors the water. |
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| You can really see how the varying hardnesses of the rock gives a layered effect as the water has cut through. |
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