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September 2004 trip
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My next stop of interest was the Rupert River! This spectacular raging wild
river is slated to have 2/3 of its flow diverted in 2007. Hydro Quebec is
diverting this magnificent river to feed the greedy appetites for
electricity of southern Quebec and New England. Some simple conservation
measures would eliminate any need whatsoever for this project. There
are a lot more photos, movies, and information in the
Rupert River website. |
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I took a "gazillion" photos (and a
number of movies) of this awesome spectacle, as I wanted to
document it before it was stolen from us. I'll just share a
few with you here, but there are LOTS more on the
Rupert River website. |
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There's a trail along the north
side of the river. A couple of years ago this area burned in a
forest fire. So this trail gave me a unique opportunity to see a
forest re-growing from such an event. |
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Fireweed really does grow up in
areas where there has been a forest fire. |
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Here's a view of the rapids
upriver, on the north side. |
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I took lots of movies with my digital camera. Quite a few are featured in
the Rupert River website, as I have already mentioned. Here are
two for you to take a look at. The first one is the longest, and so
will take longer to download.
If at all possible, try to view it at high resolution. This will give
you more of a "feel" for this awesome sight.
NOTE:
For each movie there is a
"Regular resolution" and a "High resolution" version.
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If you are on a broadband (high-speed)
Internet connection, view the "high-resolution" version.
This version is almost full-screen (640 x 480), depending on
what resolution your monitor is set to.
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If you are on a dial-up (slower-speed)
Internet connection, you may wish to view the "regular
resolution" version instead. This is a reduced size (320 x
240).
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Standing right by the water,
panning slowly left-to-right |
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Windows Media format (WMV), 29 seconds
long
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Regular resolution
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2.1MB |
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High resolution
(640x480)
5.7MB |
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Main rapids, panning a
little bit downriver (left-to-right) |
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Windows Media format (WMV), 11 seconds
long
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Regular resolution
(320x240)
892KB |
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High resolution
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2.2MB |
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A wide-angle view of the entire
rapids |
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Windows Media format (WMV),
14 seconds
long
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1.2MB |
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High resolution
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3.0MB |
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