Waterfall Autumn
by Kathy Bassett
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Title
Waterfall Autumn
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Splendor released in seasonal colors. Beauty through the rough edges. Amazing what nature creates.Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens slowly, while downstream the erosion occurs more rapidly. As the watercourse increases its velocity at the edge of the waterfall, it plucks material from the riverbed. Whirlpools created in the turbulence as well as sand and stones carried by the watercourse increase the erosion capacity. This causes the waterfall to carve deeper into the bed and to recede upstream. Often over time, the waterfall will recede back to form a canyon or gorge downstream as it recedes upstream, and it will carve deeper into the ridge above it. The rate of retreat for a waterfall can be as high as one and half meters per year. Often, the rock stratum just below the more resistant shelf will be of a softer type, meaning that undercutting due to splashback will occur here to form a shallow cave-like formation known as a rock shelter under and behind the waterfall. Eventually, the outcropping, more resistant cap rock will collapse under pressure to add blocks of rock to the base of the waterfall. These blocks of rock are then broken down into smaller boulders by attrition as they collide with each other, and they also erode the base of the waterfall by abrasion, creating a deep plunge pool or gorge.
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July 24th, 2012
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Comments (32)
Kathy Bassett
Than you for featuring Water Always Gets Through in your Images That Excite You group, John.. I appreciate your support !!
John Bailey
It sure does. This is beautiful Kathy! Congratulations on your feature in "Images That Excite You!"
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the wonderful comment, and feature of Water Always Gets Through, Chad! in your Today's Best Art!
Chad Dutson
Gorgeous Waterfall! Incredible capture of color, texture, symmetry and balance! Seen on Today's Best Art!
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature of Water Always Gets Through in your Excellent Self-Taught Artists, Joe!
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature of Water Always Gets Through in your Glimpses Of Autumn group, Dora!!
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the feature of Water Always Gets Through, Cassondra! in your Non DSLR Photography group!
Kathy Bassett
So nice to have a place for Water Always Gets Though !! on the home page of your PhotosRUs, Anastasia!Cheers!:)
Kathy Bassett
Thanks to you Edward! Great to hear from you Ron - appreciate your comment! Thanks Sandra and Malcolm!