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Great Falls of the Potomac
(The falls are part of a National Historic Park.)

See the falls from the Virginia side.

For best viewing, adjust your monitor to show all 16 shades
Monitor einstellen, so dass alle 16 Graustufen sichtbar sind
Date(s): 20 July 2003, 8 April 2012. Album by Ralf Brown. Photos by Ralf Brown. 1 - 113 of 113 Total. 28999 Visits.
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C&O Canal - Visitor's Center

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Lock closeup

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Dry dock, getting ready for the opening of the season

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Bedrock Forest
Olmstead Island is a rare example of a bedrock forest; to preserve the fragile ecology, visitors are only allowed on a boardwalk leading from the C&O canal to the Great Falls Overlook.

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Rhino-root

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The Great Falls
This is the reason the C&O canal was built....

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Whitewater

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Overlook on the Virginia side

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Still water downstream from the falls

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Nobody Will Bother Us Here

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What the Flood Left Behind
There was a big flood in June 2003 (some of the pools it left behind 15+ feet above the river's usual level hadn't yet dried out).

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Spot the Muskrat

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Favorite Perch
This dragonfly kept coming back to the same twig, which made it a lot easier to photograph :-).

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Caterpillar

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Bridge and Lock
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Overhanging Branch

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Swimming Snake

 
   
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Great pictures, wonderful memories, hope to see it all in person again!  Thanks. Dee
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Dee Delcher, Mon, 29 Sep 2008 5:39PM