Maps

Thursday, April 23, 2015

THE DEVIL'S THROAT


"Then abruptly, we reach the edge of a terrific mile-wide abyss, and stand before what seems, at the moment, to be all the beauty in the world changed into mist and moonlight, floating out from among the stars, and falling and fading into a bottomless fissure in the earth." 
- Richard Halliburton, Book of Marvels: The Occident



Much has been said of Iguazu Falls, so I won't add too much. It's enormous. It's overwhelming. It's 10000 feet wide. It may simply be water adjusting height, but that fails to capture the immensity of the thing. At times it is an exploding cataract, and from other angles a placid lake with a hole in it. It is, on all counts, a sight worth seeing.