The famous Niagara Falls, with its majestic beauty, has been fascinating visitors from around the world, for years. Since its formation, some 12,000 years back, it has been a destination for world explorers, honeymooners and daredevils alike. Amusingly the ever flowing fall appears in a completely different avatar in winter. As the temperature reduces, gallons of water freeze over here creating an illusion of an ice castle. This winter is also not an exception.
The mesmerizing sight of the giant frozen water body has left many tourists stunned. Enjoying the site, people compare the new frozen Falls with the backdrop of Narnia film.
With the arrival of winter in Niagara, the magnificent water body covered with sheets of snow and ice. Often, it is so thick and solid, leaving an impression of being completely frozen over. But this is not true. The colossal flow might be reduced, but it never stops. Seeing Niagara Falls at or near in a frozen condition, on your winter vacation is definitely a sight to behold.
But, in the year 1848 there was one instance when the water flow stopped completely. It stopped not due to the freezing of the falls but because of an ice jam on the Niagara River which blocked the flow of water. The source of the river had been blocked by millions of tons of ice, leading to the stoppage of water. While cascading over, the thundering sound that usually made by the waterfall was turned out to be a silence during that blockage. But with time the huge volume of water finally found its way through, rushed over the channel and restored the falls to its original glory.
Niagara Falls is the collective form for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York. As a very popular tourist destination, people are in love with the views of Niagara Falls as a few parts of rushing waters has been frozen.
Many Internet users are calling the frozen state of the waterfall ‘Breathtaking’, and the sight is being the photographer’s absolute delight.
