Niagara Falls, American Side

The angle from the American side puts you close to the brink: the American Falls and Bridal Veil in the foreground with the Horseshoe's mist column rising beyond. Different vantage, same staggering volume.

This side reads the details: the boulder field at the base (rockfall from centuries of erosion; the falls have retreated 11 kilometres since the ice age), the observation decks, the seasonal boats loading at the docks.

Catch the golden hour on this 24/7 live webcam when the spray catches fire with the sunset, and after dark when the illumination crews sweep colour across from the Canadian shore. Frozen-season closeups here are pure Narnia.