Cohoes Falls

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Look pretty large and varying from the pictures on the wiki page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohoes_Falls

N 42.78753 W 73.70873

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looks pretty wide.
I'm not looking forward to having to drive all over to shoot all of these. I'll add this one to the list when I get a chance. Thanks!
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i wish that i had the time during my last trip to boston, maybe next time...philly next month
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the second largest falls in New York State
hmm... must be based on a combination of things.
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water volume? That might make sense. (after Niagara)
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Saw this topic didn't have any pics, so I went there today to grab some. Got really lucky. Not only does the new park allow a better view of the falls than the old viewpoint did, they are rebuilding the hydro power plant so there is no water being diverted from the falls right now. Combined with the amount of rain we've had recently, it makes for a good thundering combination.

Here's the view from the old park, which has been greatly improved from what it used to be, but still has power lines, fences & trees in the way:

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The new park is quite extensive, and has several viewpoints, this is the closest, but you look at the falls almost from the end, not head on:

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There's almost no place you can see the falls without a fence in the way at some point, at least at this time. There will be a stairway that leads down from the lower viewing area to a flood plain where you can walk around, view the falls from river level, and go fishing. Unfortunately, the entire area was under a couple feet of fast moving water and the stairway was closed.

This is a close up shot of the middle of the falls from the main viewing area, I'll see how a panorama I did turned out, that has this level of detail.

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The lowest viewing area is surrounded by fence, of course, so this is a shot taken holding the camera on the top rail of the fence, which is tall enough that I could just see through the view finder by standing on my toes.

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nice - it's good to have someone from the ADK area now to get info on all the falls up there. With the amount they have, someone could start an entire website dedicated to just the adirondack section
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