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The morning shots of the Falls from my room at the Sheraton on the Falls were grey and boring due to crappy weather. So I spicified them using Topaz Adjust's Spicify tool.
Photo by Kristine K. Stevens, a curious traveler, author and beekeeper, who is writing a memoir about her adventures in Iceland.
Previously, Kristine sold her house, quit her job and traveled around the world. Learn more at "If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It Isn't Big Enough: A Solo Journey Around the World."
Tesla is memorialized because it was his development of the three phase system of alternating current transmission which made hydroelectric power generation possible; this is important to the Niagara Falls area because the world's first hydroelectric power plant was built here (the arch in the background is what remains of the Adams Station, the first hydroelectric power station).
Across the river you can see part of the industrial section of Niagara Falls, NY. In total contrast, the majestic Niagara Falls is just downstream (to the left).
Even though we're well into spring and it's into the 60's today, you can still see numerous chunks of ice floating by.
I'm not really sure how the shadows on the building go one way and the shadow of the tree goes the other way, but it looks pretty cool anyway.