Niagara Falls Trip 6/16    Great Lakes Loop - July & August 2007

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You go to the Table Rock Center to reach the Journey Behind the Falls tour, where you get to see the Canadian Horseshoe Falls from below and also get to walk through a tunnel cut behind the falls. There are openings where you can see the cataract thundering across your field of vision.
a8b.jpg a8c.jpg You get in line and wait before taking an elevator down to the attraction. The picture on the right shows the "side" of the falls and is framed by a canopy over the walkway. If you enlarge it you will see an opposing rainbow arcing in from the left, and the rim of the falls in the center. It's wet down here, so I have limited ability to take pictures.
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This is a tough shot for a camera - darkness in the foreground with bright light in the distance.

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The number of people viewing the sights is well managed - everyone gets a good look at a very beautiful sight. You are right next to the thundering cataract.

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I couldn't decide which of these shots to use so I am throwing them both up here.

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Here we are back in the tunnel looking through what seems to be a brick oven at the falls. My comment is that this might as well be a shower running past a window. It's nice, but to me not very meaningful. Now if you could get close enough to stick your hand into the torrent .... !

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I have found this "take a picture of the explanations" method helps the narrative and cuts down on the 'stuff I have to look up.

 
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Niagara Falls Trip 6/16    Great Lakes Loop - July & August 2007

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Eastward I   Eastward II   Room View   Falls Facts   Table Rock   Journey Behind the Falls   Maid of the Mist   Rainbow Bridge   American Side (top)   Cave of the Winds   Whirlpool Aero Car   Fort Niagara   Mackinac Bridge   Mackinac Island   Painted Rocks I   Painted Rocks II  
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