People saw this and were like, "I could totally survive going over that motherfucker in a barrell"!! Nearly half survived!!! Luckily many of them were stopped for their own safety. Four passed away, nine survived, six were saved.
I do a *lot* of photography (though not much video) and to my eye this sky/water contrast looks like a classic case of pulling back the highlights, juicing the shadows, and pumping up the saturation juuuust enough to remain in the realm of the possible.
I thought so for a second too because of the curve but no, the viewing platform is in the wrong place.
Honestly I’ve paid little attention to Niagara because you can stand at the very edge of Horseshoe and nature’s majesty smacks you in the face. The mist helps.
I understand I'm from a country where it rains a lot but like Are those plastic things really necessary? I get there's a mist from the falls coating everything but like Isn't that part of the experience? It doesn't look like it's cold or anything
I guess it depends what you're doing after. When I was a kid we'd sometimes stop on our way through to something else. Sitting in a car soaked through for hours sucks, so we would stay out of the spray. Back then they didn't hand out ponchos unless you went on the Maid of the Mist boat ride. If you're just going back to your hotel or something after, or going to walk in the sun, then it won't matter whether you're soaked through.
You used to be able to go back there for free when I was a kid. Now you have to pay $100 a family to walk down the tunnels and stand near the falls. The whole area has become a tourist trap ripoff, sad to say.
They were still doing it last year and haven't heard of them stopping it for any reason. There are occasionally maintenance closings but seldom and random.
No, the purpose is to use the water to generate electricity. Every drop that goes over the falls is “wasted” from a power generation perspective, but they allow more to go over at peak tourist times for the public’s enjoyment.
A friend of mine recently went hiking in the canadian rockies. He said they stayed one evening in a Canadian small town. I quote: "This was the first time I had been to one of these north american small towns. I've never before felt so uncomfortable so quickly in a place. They always make fun of europeans for walking everywhere... That's not funny people. That's a serious fucking problem! There was noone out. There was NO life in that town. It had 100.000 people living there and it was dead."
michaelfire
I've been right there- the thundering noise is tremendous
RummageSaleBubbler
American side gets green outfits
AdrianMole
If I had nine lifes I would sacrifice one to slide off it.
unluckyandbored
I went there when I was a little kid. It's even cooler in person. You should absolutely go if you have the chance.
bullyboy1963
Now go to the Cave of The Winds on the US side.
Killerpixler
Ah the side of freedom https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eTJtbTZmcG90ZmNvYmVlZWt2YmFiMnhlNWI5endiNXp0cjh1cDQ4bSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/FejKb3bDS5c9a/200w.webp
duffman3335
What a HOSER!
Antininny
RyanSamLin
Everything is better in Canada
PantsAreForTheWeek
So Niagra falls then, eh?
Schaedel
Yes, White House down
anderlan
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1OHNtZ3Y1aDg5NWIzMnU5NG1lOHhwYjB1dzY3NjBsaGd4dWR0NDFtcCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/d56FDr2cbhFE6GYFRG/200w.webp
BigIrv5151
Pretty cool.
Ellisd326
Went there on my honeymoon in 2007, was awesome.
KAPTKipper
Best falls
Huor
Been there many times. It really is majestic as fuck.
ManholeStellarReconveneSubstanceOlympicsReunion
NIAGRA FALLS! Slowly I turned...step by step...
pravetz
Eagerly awaiting the second half where they go “and from the American side” and it’s just people getting beat up by ICE agents
stoots24
Did you see Superman???
madnessfromthesea
Why add music??!?
goodguyC
People saw this and were like, "I could totally survive going over that motherfucker in a barrell"!! Nearly half survived!!! Luckily many of them were stopped for their own safety. Four passed away, nine survived, six were saved.
airbreather
Here it is from the Australian side
thotterpop
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1eGd3c3QxeWwwNWVvMWE1bmRpaGtkemdlempmMnltOTJ5ZWliZmpkbiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/0J2IMMncQPVzY4TOLZ/200w.webp
AlmostClever
Drier than I was expecting.
valen00
You got a permit for that waterfall mate?
firlefranz
18Skiffbug
I can’t believe this isn’t AI generated. AI has ruined the internet for me…
airbreather
The color of the water is definitely enhanced in post.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
There are days it actually looks like this. The water is naturally green due to the minerals in it. It depends on the sun and the weather.
airbreather
I do a *lot* of photography (though not much video) and to my eye this sky/water contrast looks like a classic case of pulling back the highlights, juicing the shadows, and pumping up the saturation juuuust enough to remain in the realm of the possible.
BusterWinkmeyer
That's where my girlfriend lives...... You wouldn't know her.
Jatbi
I think this is Horseshoe Falls? Next to, but not Niagara Falls.
Pikkupanda
I thought so for a second too because of the curve but no, the viewing platform is in the wrong place.
Honestly I’ve paid little attention to Niagara because you can stand at the very edge of Horseshoe and nature’s majesty smacks you in the face. The mist helps.
Hellfirefighter
pritolus
I understand I'm from a country where it rains a lot but like
Are those plastic things really necessary? I get there's a mist from the falls coating everything but like
Isn't that part of the experience? It doesn't look like it's cold or anything
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
I guess it depends what you're doing after. When I was a kid we'd sometimes stop on our way through to something else. Sitting in a car soaked through for hours sucks, so we would stay out of the spray. Back then they didn't hand out ponchos unless you went on the Maid of the Mist boat ride. If you're just going back to your hotel or something after, or going to walk in the sun, then it won't matter whether you're soaked through.
Exyr
Canadians have e it better?
JohnnySilverballs
In many ways.
albester
The US have better neighbours though ...
HandoB4Javert
Schoonbot
False, on the US side, you get to see a free country
lezgetfukkinreal
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Y2Vjc3Zoa2FvZmVldmE2ZzRpejlueG52bG1hcW1wYmIzNGdqNjlndiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/5gw0VWGbgNm8w/200w.webp
wargames
they get to look at america.
pleaseuseotherdoor
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZGFramxrdGE1NWowc2luMmtodGV2MzBnOHVyajM4YzQ4N2tpNGp0dSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3ohhwlfO26bYy1CMtq/200w.webp
williewest12
From afar, unlike a lot of us.
georgejimmydoodle
Tell me you know nothing about Niagara without telling me.
mikeatike
They get to see the falls. From the American side theres almost no angles that can see the falls well
WhatUpDog3000
You can go in the cavern behind the falls too (or you could a few years back)
Cbouch4rd
You used to be able to go back there for free when I was a kid. Now you have to pay $100 a family to walk down the tunnels and stand near the falls. The whole area has become a tourist trap ripoff, sad to say.
1stWafe
Your right, it's part of that same attraction in the video, Journey Behind The Falls.
JRaven419
Can you engage in coitus back there?
smegheadenergy
Secret tunnel! https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlb3YxaGRqcmFlZDRnYmc2aDcyZnhqd2NjdmJnZGU1ZjN5ODhyMHljZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l1ydPyGCoN43kpdwRO/giphy.mp4
ThisGostakIsHereForTheDoshes
My experience with waterfalls in video games tells me that some cool items can be found there.
LateNightBunnyParty
Mostly I just found some slippery patches and this one couple in our tour group that wouldn't stop groping each other.
imaginaryPeppers
I found some goblins love letter to Minthara
Sinlok
Did that stop?
EstoyPoopis
Last time I went was 4 years and it was still there. I dont see why they would stop that.
MarkWatneysVicodinPotato
They were still doing it last year and haven't heard of them stopping it for any reason. There are occasionally maintenance closings but seldom and random.
Pwnzistor
Do you know that outside of peak tourist season, they draw the flow down and it's a lot less.. flow-y?
dixxienormus
And at night when NYC needs more hydro power.
AlmostClever
And in 1969 the Army Corps of Engineers drained it to study the rocks https://www.history.com/articles/niagara-falls-dewatering-1969
MadamPuddifoot
Now THAT is fucking cool
mikeatike
Just the American side. Weren't they gonna do it again to replace the old bridges?
MadamPuddifoot
Although your link doesn't work for me, it takes me to the homepage in a language I can't read. Boo!
mercyPandaRunner
This is so goddamn north american. I wonder when thex try to carve the ugly face of one of their presidents or a McDonalds into the falls.
RocketKokket
We have a hydroelectric dam for clean energy generation that they use less of during peak tourism season.
custardandfishfingers24
You can't carve water.
mercyPandaRunner
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dmduNGJmd3pna3ljcnR1MjFxcnI1OTB6YTcyY2ZjMGU2Ym9vZXJqaiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/R51a8oAH7KwbS/200w.webp
mrthewhitee
The purpose is to slow the erosion of the falls.
mercyPandaRunner
There'd still be a waterfall. They would have to move all the tourist parking lots, visitor centers and photospots every few generations, though.
The purpose is to engineer "natural landmarks".
airbreather
No, the purpose is to use the water to generate electricity. Every drop that goes over the falls is “wasted” from a power generation perspective, but they allow more to go over at peak tourist times for the public’s enjoyment.
mrthewhitee
They haven't used the falls for electricity in years. The power plant is a tourist attraction.
cambam3000
According to Wikipedia there's still a hydroelectric station somewhere. The old one might not be used, but something is
airbreather
With all due respect, that is hilariously incorrect. Maybe the old plant (built in 1881!) was decommissioned and is a museum, but the falls generated something like 13.75 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity last year. Here is an interesting overview: https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/niagara-falls-history/niagara-falls-power-development/the-history-of-power-development-in-niagara/niagara-power-generating-quick-facts/
mikeatike
Blame Canada. The dam is on their side. :)
mercyPandaRunner
I wrote "North American". Canada is only marginally better.
mikeatike
As someone from the USA, you are dead wrong.
mercyPandaRunner
A friend of mine recently went hiking in the canadian rockies. He said they stayed one evening in a Canadian small town. I quote: "This was the first time I had been to one of these north american small towns. I've never before felt so uncomfortable so quickly in a place. They always make fun of europeans for walking everywhere... That's not funny people. That's a serious fucking problem! There was noone out. There was NO life in that town. It had 100.000 people living there and it was dead."
mikeatike
If you are in a town of 100,000 assholes, perhaps it is you that is the asshole.
AlwaysDownvoteDots
Everyone stayed home when they heard he was visiting