Smith Falls

Turns out that Nebraska has waterfalls. You have to go to a 20-mile stretch of the Niobrara but you'll find more than 180 of them.

This one is Smith Falls. We ported our canoe along the riverbank and hiked in to see it. The waterfalls in the Niobrara watershed are unique because of their convex faces, meaning that they bulge outward, which the opposite of what waterfalls usually do. Apparently they're convex because they're spring-fed falls and active year-round, which prevents freeze-thaw action from eroding their faces. Also, the faces are apparently protected by minerals from seeping groundwater and by the growth of algae, diatoms and lichens.

Do you feel like you've walked in on my science lecture/vacation slide show? Yeh, kinda. But I'm cool with that. Class dismissed.
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