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This water fall would be world famous if it were an everyday
landmark, but it is a mere shooting star, showing up briefly
when just the right amount of rainfall hits just the right place
miles upstream. I have been to Zion Canyon at least 30 times and
have graced it's beauty but this once. The walls here are about
2,000 feet high, this image capturing only the upper half. At
its origin you can see that the water is coming out in a pretty
strong turrent. Notice along the top edge of the cliff, almost
half way across the misty section, you can just barely make out
a full grown pine tree. The turrent of water coming out of the
slot in the wall is as wide as that pine tree. Where I am
standing there is a slight breeze blowing at about 10 miles per
hour, yet the water has so far to fall that in its long journey
down it is all being gently persuaded away. What does not
evaporate away like a cloud in the breeze forms a second tier at
the bottom right,
completely dislocated from its original course. Except as a light mist, hardly any of the water completes
the full journey to the ground. In all my years, and in all my
travels, only on this solitary occasion have I witnessed the
complete relocation of a waterfall. |
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