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Upper Quartz
Ridge Waterfall
This
yet another waterfall, very close to the top "edge" of
the ridge. The waterfall had over the years had curved out an
enclosed void within the ridge wall. The waterfall is eluded from
sight at the top of the ridge, or passers by trekking in the
forest. Inside this hollow space the forest floor about 30 meters
in diameters is devoid of undergrowth. Canopies of timber trees
shielded the entire area of sunshine.
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The bright patch in this photographs brought
about by the presence of the main waterfall was the only
location where the sun is shinning through. This is a beautiful but
small waterfall of 4 meters high. The Quartz Ridge, a
narrow upright hill has very steep walls. At this almost
near the very top, inclination is extreme. The river
flowing down get interrupted by narrow ledges. Each drop
is executed as a beautiful waterfall.
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| Water from river is uniquely directed
downwards by the shape of the passage as a single sprout.
The drop here is over 30 meters high. Thanks to the near by steep
slope and the easy access to higher ground opposite the
waterfall, I managed to record a more representative
picture of a waterfall. Like all pictures of waterfall,
its real impact will appears well in an aerial
photograph.
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There is a tiny pool of 3 meters at its base
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the boulders. Our challenge then was -who could get
nearest to impact point? Just after having showered themselves at
another waterfall, the group just could not resist
tasting this one.
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| Then, see how long can one endure the
messaging action of the cold water? Looking upwards, [the camera
cannot goes directly under the showers], it is indeed one
long fall from above.
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The slope
above or below, coming into the area of the waterfall and leaving
all have gradients exceeding 45*. For those not conversant with
outdoor life, crawling up the clayey slopes or descending will be
done in distress. On dry days -that is!
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