
landscape
Aquatic Symphony
The final movement in nature's waterfall symphony
This concluding view of McArthur-Burney Falls captures the complete aquatic symphony where multiple streams of water converge, separate, and reunite in a complex choreography that represents the culmination of the entire watershed's journey to the sea. The falls serve as a focal point where the scattered precipitation from thousands of square miles of the Cascade Range concentrates into a single, spectacular display of hydrologic power. This natural symphony has played continuously for millennia, its rhythm unchanged by human presence.
October 3, 2020