Photos by Leo Roundtree : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Henry, Meryl's photo Viewed 26 times	Architecture, GE, Thibodaux Viewed 8 times	Henry, Meryl's photo Viewed 18 times	Henry, Meryl's photo Viewed 28 times
bridge, bridges, night, river, rivers, Spokane, Spokane Washington Viewed 22 times	Fiori, Fleurs, Flower, flowers, nature, Roses Viewed 17 times	abstract, Antelope Canyon, nature Viewed 29 times	abstract, art, nature Viewed 53 times
Antelope Canyon, Coeur, Heart, landscape, nature Viewed 45 times	landscape, nature Viewed 17 times	landscape, nature Viewed 21 times	Grand Canyon, not my photos Viewed 62 times
Buildings, Grand Canyon Viewed 15 times	abstract, art, lights, night Viewed 17 times	bark Viewed 54 times	bark, nature, Spokane, Spokane Washington, trees Viewed 33 times
Henry Viewed 105 times	abstract, art, macro, raindrops Viewed 47 times	animals Viewed 29 times	animals, macro Viewed 65 times
aerial, lights, night, Spokane, Spokane Washington Viewed 31 times	aerial, art, lights, night, Spokane, Spokane Washington Viewed 36 times	aerial, lights, night, Spokane, Spokane Washington Viewed 38 times	aircraft, airplanes, B-52, military Viewed 34 times
Florida, Plant City Viewed 45 times	churches, Florida, Plant City Viewed 35 times	Viewed 38 times	Spokane, Spokane Washington Viewed 46 times
nature, Spokane, Spokane Washington Viewed 91 times	landscape, nature, river, rivers, water Viewed 48 times	GE Viewed 43 times	GE Viewed 46 times

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Leo Roundtree's conversations

russianrachel said:

Nice! Well caught Anita. Hope you're enjoying rainy Autumn! Rachel

Tiko en Argentina said:

Their name comes from the Guarani or Tupi words y (IPA:[ɨ]) (water) and ûasú (IPA:[wa'su]) (big). Legend has it that a god planned to marry a beautiful aborigine named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In rage, the god sliced the river creating the waterfalls, condemning the lovers to an eternal fall. The first European to find the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541, after whom one of the falls in the Argentine side is named. The falls were rediscovered by Boselli at the end of the nineteenth century, and one of the Argentine falls is named after him.

Iguazu Falls was short-listed as a candidate to be one of the New7Wonders of Nature by the New Seven Wonders of the World Foundation. As of February 2009 it was ranking fifth in Group F, the category for lake, rivers, and waterfalls.
Iguazu FallsThe waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers of the Iguazu River. Position is at latitude : 25° 40' 60 S, longitude : 54° 25' 60 W . Some of the individual falls are up to 82 meters in height, though the majority are about 64 metres. The Devil's Throat (Garganta del Diablo in Spanish ) 82-meter-high, 150-meter-wide and 700-meter-long (490 by 2300 feet) cataract, is the most impressive of all, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. Two thirds of the falls are within Argentine territory. About 900 meters of the 2.7-kilometer length does not have water flowing over it. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm (0.1 in) per year. The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains into the Paraná River at Argentina, shortly downstream from the Itaipu dam. Walkways allow close views of the falls from both Brazil and ArgentinaThe falls can be reached from the two main towns on either side of the falls: Foz do Iguaçu in the Brazilian state of Paraná, and Puerto Iguazú in the Argentine province of Misiones as well as from Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) on the other side of the Parana river from Foz do Iguaçu. The falls are shared by the Iguazú National Park (Argentina) and Iguaçu National Park (Brazil). These parks were designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1984 and 1987, respectively. On the Brazilian side there is a long walkway along the canyon with an extension to the lower base of the Devil's Throat. The Argentine access is facilitated by the Tren Ecológico de la Selva (Rainforest Ecological Train), which brings visitors to different walkways. The Paseo Garganta del Diablo is a one-kilometer-long trail that brings the visitor directly over the falls of the Devil's Throat. Other walkways allow access to the elongated stretch of falls on the Argentine side and to the ferry that connects to the San Martin island.

The fall area provides opportunities for water sports and rock climbing.

M.Kranenborg-Torn said:

nice macro.... greetings from Greetje.

Tiko en Argentina said:

Hola Francisco , es un gran salto . Me interesaría saber sí es parte de un Parque nacional o si simplemente es un declive en alguna montaña . En mi galería tengo varias fotos ,de Las Cataratas del Iguazú, consideradas una de las nuevas siete maravillas del mundo y elegida por una prestigiosa revista inglesa como el mejor destino turístico del 2009 saludos ,espero que te gusten , muy bella la galería .