Man Survived falling over Falls

Man Survived falling over falls

NEWS: "A man survived a 50- metre plunge over Niagara Falls on Monday.,becoming only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live". May 21 2012

He is a lucky man.Apparently he did it intentionally and nothing life threatening  happened to him.But many people are not that lucky.

The fall (horseshoe fall or Canada side fall) is 53 metres (174 ft) high, has an average crest elevation of 152 metres (499 ft) and faces northwards. The depth of the river at the base of the falls, estimated at 56 metres (184 ft), is actually higher than the fall itself.There are only 15 people who tried to go over the falls in some version of a barrel. Eight tight rope walkers made their way across the falls. Two people swam over the falls. Two daredevils flew a plane under the bridge and another jumped off a diving board.

I took the following pictures last year ( Summer 2011).The pictures shows front and behind the Horseshoe Falls which almost show the location of the man who jumped over the falls.

Here are some more information from the tunnels wall behind the falls:

To have some idea of the falls power and amount of water which passing over the falls each second check this video and following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQIxUIcH2O0

Sunnyside Park

       A day at Sunnyside Park Toronto July 2011

Sunnyside Amusement Park was a popular amusement park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that ran from 1922 to 1955, demolished in 1955 to facilitate the building of the Metro Toronto Gardiner Expressway project. It was located on the Lake Ontario waterfront at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue, west of downtown Toronto.

The name 'Sunnyside' was the name of a local farm owned by John George Howard, which was situated just to the north, on the location of the current St. Joseph's Medical Centre. Sunnyside Avenue runs north-south from that location north to Howard Park Avenue today. John Howard is also famous as the original landowner of the nearby High Park.

 Now this place is a quite beautiful place along the lake Ontario, across from High Park for a sunny afternoon walk.

After Thunderstorm

After a winter thunderstorm which was look like a summer thunderstorm a set of huge white clouds covered  the area.

Thorncliffe Park Drive Toronto 

 A huge cloud following a thundershower, above Toronto, Thorncliffe Park Drive 

                                

Geography of Silence

Geography talks about locations and their relationship. Cities are always centre of attention of Geographers . A big city has lots of activities with people going from places to places. In this regard, industrial, social activities, multicultural people and finally roads and communications come to everybody's attention. That,s why we call big cities metropolitan. However, at least at two moments cities are less active and are subdued to mother nature and people realize their surrounding areas has changed, early in the morning and sunset.Silence in the morning heralds lots of noises which comes after this. Sunset in return follows by cool down in the activities and getting ready for more relaxation. I used geography of silence which is more true with smaller cities and surrounding areas but when it comes to bigger cities geography of night is more appropriate, which points to city activities at night and distribution of activities. Following pictures shows Toronto at those moments.

                               An early morning in Toronto

Toronto Sunset and Night 

                                 
                                                       A quite Don Valley Parkway

                      

Harbourfront 180 Degree

 panoramic picture of Lake Ontario

                        A panoramic picture of Lake Ontario Harbourfront centre , Toronto 2011 
                                                                    Nikon coolpix L120