Photographer Jonathan Knight likes capturing waterfalls about 45 minutes after sunset, creating ghostly images that emphasize the shape of the cascading water. The dim surroundings and misty shapes remind me Keep reading
Tag: waterfalls
Icelandic Flows
Known as “The Land of Fire and Ice,” Iceland has some of the most striking landscapes around. Photographer Jennifer Esseiva captures auroras, waterfalls, geysers, rivers, and more in this series Keep reading
“Waterfall Wonder”
The Semeru volcano rises in the background of this photo of Java’s Tumpak Sewa waterfall by Joan de la Malla. Rain that falls on the volcano slides down its flank Keep reading
Yosemite in Winter
Waterfalls, fog, and snow wreathe Yosemite in these beautiful winter landscapes by photographer Michael Shainblum. I love how the tendrils of water and mist give you a real sense of Keep reading
Flying Through Waterfalls
Swifts and starlings often make their nests behind waterfalls. To explore how these birds traverse their watery curtain, researchers observed hummingbirds, a smaller sister species, flying through an artificial waterfall. Keep reading
Forming a Waterfall
Many factors can affect a waterfall’s formation – changes in bedrock structure, tectonic shifts, and glacial motion, to name a few. But a new study suggests that some waterfalls may Keep reading
Hawaii’s Lava
Sometimes the best way to appreciate a flow is standing still. In “Hawaii – The Pace of Formation” filmmakers explore how the Big Island is constantly changing, from fresh lava Keep reading
Fluids Round-Up
Time for another fluids round-up! Here are some of the best fluids-related links I’ve seen around: – Above The Brain Scoop tells us about beetles that spend their whole lives Keep reading
Flowing Up a Waterfall
Tea-drinking physicists found that it’s possible for particles to flow up a short (< 1 cm) waterfall to contaminate pure upstream sources. Their apparatus is shown above, along with an Keep reading
Airfoil-shaped Ice
I discovered this interesting bit of icing a couple years ago near the foot of a waterfall in Ithaca, NY. The predominant wind was always heading toward the falls (left Keep reading