Mark VanDyke Photography
Happy New Year Flickr Friends!
Sunrise at Great Falls Park
Fairfax County, Northern Virginia
Accessed via Georgetown Pike
A fall line is a geologic boundary or transitional area where the hard, upland terrain changes to the sandy and relatively flat terrain of the coastal region. Great Falls on the Potomac River are the steepest fall line rapids on any eastern river. At only twenty feet or so in height, the actual individual waterfalls are not necessarily epic in nature; however, the Potomac River drops a total of over seventy-five feet in elevation in less than a mile, creating an overall mirage of cascades that taken together are quite impressive. Not to mention, the Potomac River squeezes into Mather Gorge below the falls, narrowing from over one-thousand feet wide above the falls to nearly sixty feet in width below, shouldered on both sides by steep, nearly vertical rock walls. For many residents living in or around the Nation's Capital, this is the most epic natural feature available.
Happy New Years to all of my Flickr contacts and friends! May the new year bring with it health and plenty of time to get out and create some new photographs!
Happy New Year Flickr Friends!
Sunrise at Great Falls Park
Fairfax County, Northern Virginia
Accessed via Georgetown Pike
A fall line is a geologic boundary or transitional area where the hard, upland terrain changes to the sandy and relatively flat terrain of the coastal region. Great Falls on the Potomac River are the steepest fall line rapids on any eastern river. At only twenty feet or so in height, the actual individual waterfalls are not necessarily epic in nature; however, the Potomac River drops a total of over seventy-five feet in elevation in less than a mile, creating an overall mirage of cascades that taken together are quite impressive. Not to mention, the Potomac River squeezes into Mather Gorge below the falls, narrowing from over one-thousand feet wide above the falls to nearly sixty feet in width below, shouldered on both sides by steep, nearly vertical rock walls. For many residents living in or around the Nation's Capital, this is the most epic natural feature available.
Happy New Years to all of my Flickr contacts and friends! May the new year bring with it health and plenty of time to get out and create some new photographs!