If you've ever wanted to see what 10,000 cubic feet per second of water looks like, moving at 4 mph, about 20 feet below you on a 4 foot wide steel rope suspension bridge, the video above gives you a good idea. Sure, many people have all seen video on the news of destructive floods taking out houses, or tsunamis, or other water borne destruction... but to see a river like the Colorado, just going about its normal business, up-close, moving recent snow melt & rain water fluidly along just a few meters below you, is a powerful experience that leaves a big impression. On a tiny screen, with limited audio, the effect is greatly reduced, but walking over the bridge with a steel grate bottom, is an altogether moving experience.
During Spring Floods, the Colorado River can reach 100,000 CFS (links
here and
here). It's amazing that ALL of that water is diverted to NV, AZ, and Southern California before it reaches the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, in a teeny tiny little tickle.
nice photos, what kind of camera?
ReplyDeleteSony Cyber Shot, 7.2 megapixel, about 6 years old. it does FAR BETTER than the water proof Olympus we bought 2 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThis here river don't go nowhere near Aintry...you done taken a wrong turn.
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