This is a huge stone inscription that you see beside the road on the "Rainbow Bridge" right before you enter Canada. It's called the Rainbow Bridge because of what's inscribed here -- it's a quote from the Bible in Genesis 9 and Ezekiel 1. Here's what it says.

From Genesis 9: And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

From Ezekiel 1: As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.

The last line on the stone is obscured in this photo, but I believe it is from Revelation 4: "There was a rainbow round about the throne."

A small part of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.

A little more...

This one is included for scale: see the tiny humans at the bottom?

CAUTION: Fountain Area Slippery.

These are some gnarly trees on the overlook.

That's the eastern (American) edge of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.

UNUSUAL ICE CONDITIONS.

Boy, I'll say -- so unusual that there is now such a thing as "negative zero."

These are the American Niagara Falls.

The American Falls again.

The American Falls again.

The American Falls and the Rainbow Bridge between Canada and the USA.

This is a short video clip panning from the Rainbow Bridge to the American Falls to the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.

The side of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls that's touching the American side of the river.

Small stretch of rock between the American and Canadian Falls. You can see how tall the whole thing is because there's a building in the middle.

Bridge to USA! Go USA!! You can see Kim trying to sneak out of the photo there, too :)

The Canadian Horseshoe Falls, and their accompanying huge cloud of mist.

The Canadian Horseshoe Falls, and their accompanying huge cloud of mist.

"No bald-headed man-leg shaving near the falls."

The Canadian Horseshoe Falls, and their accompanying huge cloud of mist.

All of a sudden there were tons of seagulls, screaming and flying all over the place.

As we walked along the path from the American Falls to the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, I kept taking closer and closer photos of the falls. Here, I especially like the little stumpy guy on the lower-right.

Getting closer to the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, I was able to capture their full width.

...and I kept taking more photos of the little stumpy guy.

Close-up movie clip of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.

Canadian Falls, closer.

The Canadian side of the Canadian Horseshoe falls. You can tell how huge the falls are because of how tiny the people at the top are.

"TABLE ROCK"

"This is the site of the historic landmark, Table Rock, a shelf of bare rock 61 metres (200 feet) long, 18.3 metres (60 feet) wide. Once part of the crest of the Horseshoe Falls it was left isolated when the Falls receded. Rock falls in 1818, 1828, 1829, 1850 and 1934 reduced its size. The remaining overhang was blasted off for safety reasons in 1935."

Table Rock plaque with the American Falls in the background.

This is a little small, so click on the "full" link on this page to view a bigger version. Up is west on this map, so the Canadian side (top in this image) is west, and the US side (bottom here) is east.

Full-size photo from which the previous map image was cropped. You can see on the far right that north is to the right.

View of the Canadian Horseshoe falls from the top of the Skylon tower.

View of the Canadian Horseshoe falls from the top of the Skylon tower...

...panning left (1/4)...

...panning farther left (2/4)...

...panning farther left (3/4), viewing the American Falls...

...panning farther left (4/4), viewing the American Falls and the Rainbow Bridge between the USA and Canada.

View from the top of the Skylon tower, panning from the American Falls to the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, with lots of wind noise.

View of the areas upstream from the Niagara Falls. I think the long thing crossing most of the river is part of the hydroelectric power plant.

A far-away close-up of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.

A view of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls with more sky and less roads.

The American Falls. You might think that the Canadian Falls are better, with their mist-cloud and their horseshoe and whatnot, but I think this photo makes it pretty clear that Americans are better than Canadians.

"SKYLON TOWER FACTS"

"Total height of tower: 520 feet (160 metres)
Height of tower above maid of the mist pool: 800 feet (236 metres)
Weight of concrete for tower: 48,000,000 lbs (21,772,800 kg)
Number of steps from base to top: 662
Visibility on a clear day: 80 miles (129 km)"

"CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS"

"Niagara Falls is 600 feet (182 metres) above sea level and is located about the same distance from the equator as Boston, Detroit, Chicago and Seattle. It is also closer to the equator than most European cities. Over 14,000,000 people visit the city every year."

"GREAT LAKES
Four of the five Great Lakes drain through the Niagara River into the Atlantic Ocean: Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie. The combined surface area of the lakes is 244,100 sq km (94,250 sq miles)."

At night they shine huge lights on the falls. Here's the Canadian Horseshoe Falls at night, overexposed so the beams are visible.

Here's the American Falls at night, lit up, with Niagara Falls USA in the background.

Close-up of the American Falls at night (still from the Skylon tower).

The Canadian Horseshoe Falls at night.

Night shot of the American Niagara Falls and the Rainbow Bridge between the USA and Canada.

Night shot of the island between the American and Canadian Niagara Falls.

Night shot of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls with a 2.5 second exposure.

Night shot of the American Falls with a long exposure.

Close-up night shot of the American Falls.

A less-overexposed night shot of the Canadian Falls.

After coming down from the Skylon tower, we discovered that the lights would change colors. Here's a purple shot of the edge of the Canadian Falls.

On the right is the Skylon tower from which the previous few photos were taken.

Here's the Canadian Falls lit up in green.

The Canadian Falls lit up in green, again. Maybe you could already guess the "green" part without help, eh?

Here's the start of day two, looking at the mist rising above the Canadian Horseshoe falls, viewed from upstream.

Looking across the Niagara to the American side, from a location upstream of the falls.

Looking across the Niagara to the American side, from a location upstream of the falls.

A crazy duck-and-seagull extravaganza, with an older couple saying how unfair it is that the gulls take all the bread they throw to the ducks.

A stately seagull, no?

I had never seen nor heard of a black squirrel before, but on this day I saw one. Here he is eating an entire piece of bread that was probably meant for the birds.

I had never seen nor heard of a black squirrel before, but on this day I saw one. Here he is eating an entire piece of bread that was probably meant for the birds.

I had never seen nor heard of a black squirrel before, but on this day I saw one. Here he is eating an entire piece of bread that was probably meant for the birds.

Ten seagulls in a row on a bridge. Maybe that isn't so exciting, but here, have a movie.

Another stately fellow.

This guy is still chowin'....

There were tons and tons of them.

"GATE HOVSE
ONTARIO POWER COMPANY"

"DANGER"
"Beware of changing water levels"

This is just before the falls. Understatement of the year.

"NO TRESPASSING"

Upstream view of the mist from the Canadian Falls.

Upstream view of the mist from the Canadian Falls. You can see the Skylon tower there on the right.

Upstream view of the mist from the Canadian Falls.

You can take any boring old photo, throw that red glove into it, and suddenly it's a masterpiece.

It was freezing cold and windy, so we didn't want to be out too long, and I didn't cross this bridge, But one day I will.

Just some rushing water that I was trying to capture with a fast shutter. This is coming out of the GATE HOVSE.

More farther upstream view of the mist rising from the Canadian Falls.

"GATE HOUSE"

"The Ontario Power Generating Station gate house is erected over six-metre-diameter conduits which carry water 1.8km to the plant located on the river's edge, just downstream of the Falls. This generating station, commissioned in 1905, was the first major alternating current generator on the Canadian side of the Niagara River."

Upstream of the falls, looking across at the American side, and at a cool flat rock in the foreground with water rushing off it.

"CYCLING PROHIBITED"

"Walk Your Bike"

"Walkway Not Maintained In Winter Season"

1977

Getting closer to the falls. That's Kim there.

A stranded scow just barely upstream from the falls, and the plaque explaining how it got there.

"STRANDED SCOW"

"On August 6, 1918, this dumping scow broke loose from its towing tug about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) upriver, with Gustav F. Lofberg and James N. Harris aboard. The men opened the bottom dumping doors and the scow grounded in the shallow rapids. They were rescued the next day by breeches buoy, on a line shot out from the roof of the adjacent powerhouse."

"ERECTED BY THE NIAGARA PARKS COMMISSION"

The stranded scow, up closer.

The stranded scow, up even more closer.

Looking farther upstream from just above the falls.

Panning from upstream to the mist above the Canadian Falls.

"NO DOGS ALLOWED"

"UNUSUAL ICE CONDITIONS"

"STAY OFF ICE"

"No pairs of strange-looking 50s-era alien spacecraft."

It's like an official procession with the gulls lined up in salute to the ducks. Well, except the ones on the left are saluting with their heinies.

This is me chasing all the gulls off the railings and then scaring the ducks, right after Kim says she's going to do that but first wants to take a photo. I guess the plan was already in motion and I was sending all new verbal input to /dev/null until the task was completed.

Who couldn't love a smile like that?