Monthly Archive for May, 2006
From Canada.com:
It’s North America’s most spectacular expression of nature’s power, and a symbol of the enduring friendship between two nations that share a border, a history and one thunderingly awesome tourist attraction.
But the United States, according to an innovative new study in futuristic geology, is going to lose its side of Niagara Falls, giving Canada - if it still exists, that is - a rock-solid hold on the honeymoon market - of the next millennium.
The predicted demise of the American Falls in about 1,000 years is just one of the intriguing forecasts highlighted by University of Wisconsin scientist Steven Dutch in a paper titled The Earth Has a Future, published in the latest edition of the academic journal Geosphere.
You normally can see the Falls from this vantage point…
Yesterday I took three pictures of the Niagara SkyWheel plaza and used AutoStitch to “stitch” it together. It was overcast, so the picture isn’t as nice as it could be, but it still looks pretty good. Below is a small 400 x153 version of the panorama:
Click on the image to view a large 1200 x 458 version of the Panorama
The new Tim Hortons on Clifton Hill is definitely the nicest Tim Hortons I’ve ever been in! It’s very classy looking. There are padded benches with tables, effective lighting, and the area where they put together sandwiches is in a middle area behind the counter as opposed to being off at the end of the counter. The whole setup is quite nice.
Space Imaging provides some amazing satellite photos to companies for various purposes. They also provide an Image of the Day. Last April they had a beautiful picture of Niagara Falls:
Clouds of mist rise from the bottom of Horseshoe Falls, on the Canadian/United States border, in this one-meter image collected by Space Imaging’s IKONOS satellite. Every second, more than two million liters of water plunges over the Horsehoe Falls segment of Niagara Falls creating one of the world’s largest waterfalls as well as eating away as much as two meters of rock per year.
The image shows the Niagara River, that connects Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, snaking around Goat Island, in the lower left of the full image. Most of the river’s water plummets over the Canadian/Horseshoe Falls, but some diverted water spills over American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls downstream. The image was acquired August 2, 2004.
Compare this photo to the older one I just posted about, and you’ll see a lot of changes! The Space Imaging photo is essentially the same one as the NASA one I posted about last August (the NASA one is huge and has lots more detail).
The Space Imaging site has 4 different versions of the picture. Check it out!
DeskPicture.com has a very nice aerial view of Niagara Falls taken from a helicopter. You can download a version of it in numerous sizes (1152 x 864 - 369K, 1024 x 768 - 274K, 800 x 600 - 178K, 640 x 480 - 116K).
It’s actually quite an old picture. It’s quite interesting to see the skyline to the right of the picture (it’s best seen in the largest image). What do you see? That’s right… nothing! The only thing that was there was the Minolta Tower. There is one hotel there that kind of blends into the background (I can’t tell which one it is), but other than that, the wall of highrises just isn’t there.
From the Buffalo News:
Cirque Niagara’s “Avaia” includes spectacular horses, world-class acrobats and droll clowns - how could you go wrong?
Only very slightly, it turns out, with too little of the first and way too much of the last, and an opening segment with far too many slow-paced clown skits.
Perhaps hoping to ease viewers into the magical fantasy world where anything can happen, the circus opened with a clown languidly throwing imaginary pebbles into an imaginary pool, then a second clown emerging from under a bench, setting the bench on end and climbing to the top.
It was amusing-ish, and the crowd applauded politely when the clowns finished. But there was a sharp gasp when three sets of gorgeous costumed horses thundered into the ring, each ridden Roman-style by an elaborately masked figure - standing with a foot on the back of each horse. This was what we came to see.
From the Toronto Star:
So much for tighter border control: Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa have slipped into the country.
For the first time in a decade, Live with Regis and Kelly will be on location in Canada, shooting two shows at the Oakes Garden Theatre in Niagara Falls (CTV, 9 a.m. live today; taped for tomorrow).
Which raises the first question: why?
“I have a love affair with Canada!” exclaims Ripa. “And this is my first official trip as a goodwill ambassador for Live.”
From Yahoo! News Canada:
Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, the darlings of America’s No. 1 morning talk show, were in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Monday, where they nearly overshadowed one of the seven wonders of the world.
Fans came from far and wide - some lining up as early as midnight - to watch two tapings of the show.
Philbin came out during the first taping at 9 a.m. that aired live Monday waving a Canadian flag.
A second taping at 11 a.m. will air Tuesday.
Executive-producer Michael Gelman said moving the show from its New York City studio was like “producing on a shaky tightrope.”
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