At the end of the northeastern GSA meeting yesterday, we loaded our NOVA crew up in the van and drove up to see Niagara Falls itslef. Here's the students (Laura, Victoria, Spencer, and Jason) at the American Falls. There were huge masses of ice built up down in the Gorge as the mist froze: quite a scene. The place was practically empty though -- very few visitors. Good to get up here and check it out. The flow you see here is 25% of the Niagara River's actual discharge. 75% gets diverted into electricity-generating projects on both the US and the Canadian sides of the river. (The buildings you see in the background are in Canada.)

We have another half-dozen talks to go to this morning, but then we hit the road back to NOVA. I just looked out the window -- and there's a couple inches of fresh snow on the ground!

Labels: falls, nova, water resources