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Geology Picture of the Week, January 25-31, 2004
Matthias Litschke ^
Posted on 01/30/2004 12:28:36 PM PST by cogitator
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: columbiariver; high; oregon; waterfalls
OK, according to the references, this is the second-highest "year-round" waterfall in the United States. (It's 620 feet high). Yosemite Falls is obviously the first. But I didn't know that there are four perennials between Yosemite and Multnomah.
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posted on
01/30/2004 12:28:38 PM PST
by
cogitator
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** ping **
Sorry I'm late; I was on a trip Monday-Thursday.
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posted on
01/30/2004 12:30:02 PM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
The water's cold and there are lots of crawdads. It's pretty awesome...
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posted on
01/30/2004 12:55:37 PM PST
by
eldoradude
(When all else fails, vote from the rooftops.)
To: cogitator
Okay, I'm confused. You post a picture of Multnomah as the second highest perennial waterfall in the US and then say there are 4 others (besides Yosemite) higher?
To: green iguana
Okay, I'm confused. You post a picture of Multnomah as the second highest perennial waterfall in the US and then say there are 4 others (besides Yosemite) higher?No, you're not confused, I was confused with the usage of perennial. I mean to use "ephemeral", but "seasonal" probably makes more sense with waterfalls as opposed to springs or wetlands.
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posted on
01/30/2004 1:55:50 PM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Gotcha. I had assumed you meant year-round by perennial, thus my confusion. Some of the seasonal falls in Yosemite - especially Ribbon Falls - are phenomenal. Ribbon Falls is the highest single stage fall in the world...
To: cogitator
You shoulda seen the Multnomah Falls when they were frozen! Gorgeous!
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posted on
01/30/2004 9:03:04 PM PST
by
WaterDragon
(GWB is The MAN!)
To: WaterDragon
You shoulda seen the Multnomah Falls when they were frozen! Gorgeous!I couldn't find a good picture of frozen Multnomah Falls on the Web. If you know of one, you can post it here.
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posted on
02/02/2004 8:12:13 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
I wish I had saved that photo which I saw in the Oregonian newspaper. But even if I'd saved it, I don't know how to post photos in the forum!
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posted on
02/02/2004 12:26:03 PM PST
by
WaterDragon
(GWB is The MAN!)
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