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While the mud-related Burning Man crisis is over and attendees are finally off the playa, the environmental impacts of 70,000 people on the unique and delicate ecosystem remain to be seen.
Spring is a prime time to tackle this guide to waterfalls, after the snow melts and before the summer heat reduces their splendor
E-Mail IMAGE: : Example of sediment filling and evacuation of sediment in a small waterfall plunge pool on Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, California. Top: Plunge pool, free of sediment, in June... view more Credit: Top photo credit: Kelin X. Whipple, bottom photo credit: Michael P. Lamb. Boulder, Colo., USA: Deep pools below waterfalls are popular recreational swimming spots, but sometimes they can be partially or completely filled with sediment. New research showed how and why pools at the base of waterfalls, known as plunge pools, go through natural cycles of sediment fill ...
May 2, 2021 As fall is to leaf-peeping, spring is to waterfall-watching, a seasonal pursuit now underway in the northern and higher regions of the United States. Waterfalls can range from thunderous plunges to delicate mossy trickles. They can be backcountry pop-ups or the centerpieces of parks, like Great Falls Park in McLean, Virginia, and Silver Falls State Park, near Salem, Oregon. There’s no agreed-upon definition of a waterfall, according to Joel Scheingross, an assistant professor of geology at the University of Nevada, Reno, who studies those that detach from the bed of a river, cre...
Thunderous Plunges and Mossy Trickles: A Spring Guide to Waterfalls Across the United States, a glorious array of waterfalls awaits nature lovers. And what better time to admire them than now, when snowmelt and spring rains add to the drama? An unnamed waterfall that Chris Whiton, a nature photographer, stumbled upon in the Rumney-Stinson Lake area of New Hampshire.Credit...Chris Whiton/White Mountain Images By Elaine Glusac Published April 30, 2021Updated May 3, 2021 As fall is to leaf-peeping, spring is to waterfall-watching, a seasonal pursuit now underway in the northern and higher region...