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Niagara Falls, General View from Hennepin Point, Winter.
1914年冬天尼加拉瀑布 的一景


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尼加拉 (Niagara) 源頭的冰壩
1848
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就在1848329日的午夜過後不久,掉落尼加拉瀑布的東西只有令人感到可怕的寧靜。在尼加拉瀑布的源頭有一塊巨大的冰阻塞住了水流,成為「冰壩」 (ice dam) 。不過,第二天晚上,河水衝破這塊大冰塊,水流在一次奔流而下,如雷聲轟轟而落的瀑布再次出現。

Just after midnight on March 29, 1848, the only thing that was falling over Niagara Falls was an eerie silence. An enormous ice dam at the source of the Niagara River blocked the water. However, by the next evening, the river broke through the ice, and the water once again continued its thunderous tumble over the falls.
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