Victorian photos of frozen Niagara Falls

[NeoGreen]

https://www.treehugger.com/travel/photos-frozen-niagara-falls-throughout-ages.html

Victorian photos of frozen Niagara Falls
Melissa Breyer, January 23, 2019

Humans have been marveling over this wintry spectacle since long before Instagram.

The first time I went to Niagara Falls I was absolutely awestruck ... and not because of the power and majesty of all that rushing water. My quirky wanderlust had brought me there in the first week of January, and the whole place was just covered in glittering ice. To my California eyes, it was a magical winter wonderland beyond what I ever could have imagined. With the falls-generated mist creating layers of ice on everything – trees, light posts, the iron scrollwork of the low fencing – it was straight out of a fairy take. And that the falls themselves in some places stood stopped in their tracks, literally frozen still, was just the surreal icing on the cake.

(more photos at the site)







And one a bit more recent:

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Great images. nt

[Fla Dem]

2. Incredible. Can't imagine it being so cold that rushing water freezes.

I don’t just mean a gurgling river, but millions of gallons per minute rushing with the force of hurricane winds over the falls.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Knowing that it could burst through at any moment.

Knowing that it could burst through at any moment.

[ailsagirl]

4. Wow!!!