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In pictures: Niagara Falls freezes over

Visitors are braving subzero temperatures to see the Niagara Falls in all its winter glory. Arctic wind coupled with a cold weather system have transformed the massive falls into scenes of black and white.

  • Falling water turns into sheets of ice on the American Niagara Falls (Reuters/M. Doiron )

    Dressed in white

    Icy temperatures have taken hold of Niagara Falls, transforming the waterfalls into a magical black and white scene. The phenomenon was brought on by a cold weather system moving over North America, which the US National Weather Service says was strengthened by additional arctic air coming from Canada.

  • Kanada Vereiste Niagarafälle (Reuters/M. Doiron)

    Arctic blast

    The US National Weather Service has warned the eastern region to brace for "bitter cold temperatures and wind chills." A storm system has pushed temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius in the Great Lakes region, where the Niagara Falls is located. Despite the cold, visitors are still making their way to the falls, many taking to social media to share their photos of the icy scenes.

  • Water crashes onto large chunks of ice which have formed at the base of the Niagara Falls (Reuters/Dronebase)

    Water flowing around the ice

    Although it will never completely freeze over, large blocks of ice have formed at the base of the Niagara Falls. An aerial view shows the water running both around and under frozen over parts of the falls, crashing onto the large chunks at the bottom. The surrounding town of the same name lies by the water, and is also covered in heavy snow.

  • Tourists wrapped up in their winter layers pose for a photo in front of the frozen Niagara Falls. (Reuters/M. Doiron)

    Tourists brave the cold

    The giant waterfall has always been a popular photo location, but the icy landscape makes for an especially impressive picture. Visitor Emma Grafham told CNN she felt like she was in the movie Frozen. "There was even this set of stairs that were placed just outside the look-on spot and they had so much ice on them, it looked like Elsa had just cast her arm up and summoned up some stairs."

  • Surrounding trees are covered in snow (Reuters/M. Doiron)

    Heavy snow around the falls

    Snow and ice cover the vegetation on the edge of the Horseshoe Falls. Also known as the Canadian Falls, this is the largest of the three waterfalls straddling the US-Canada border. At 792 meters wide and 53 meters high, the Horseshoe Falls accounts for 90 percent of the water volume at the Niagara Falls — an astonishing sight both in summer and winter.


  • Falling water turns into sheets of ice on the American Niagara Falls (Reuters/M. Doiron )

    Dressed in white

    Icy temperatures have taken hold of Niagara Falls, transforming the waterfalls into a magical black and white scene. The phenomenon was brought on by a cold weather system moving over North America, which the US National Weather Service says was strengthened by additional arctic air coming from Canada.

  • Kanada Vereiste Niagarafälle (Reuters/M. Doiron)

    Arctic blast

    The US National Weather Service has warned the eastern region to brace for "bitter cold temperatures and wind chills." A storm system has pushed temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius in the Great Lakes region, where the Niagara Falls is located. Despite the cold, visitors are still making their way to the falls, many taking to social media to share their photos of the icy scenes.

  • Water crashes onto large chunks of ice which have formed at the base of the Niagara Falls (Reuters/Dronebase)

    Water flowing around the ice

    Although it will never completely freeze over, large blocks of ice have formed at the base of the Niagara Falls. An aerial view shows the water running both around and under frozen over parts of the falls, crashing onto the large chunks at the bottom. The surrounding town of the same name lies by the water, and is also covered in heavy snow.

  • Tourists wrapped up in their winter layers pose for a photo in front of the frozen Niagara Falls. (Reuters/M. Doiron)

    Tourists brave the cold

    The giant waterfall has always been a popular photo location, but the icy landscape makes for an especially impressive picture. Visitor Emma Grafham told CNN she felt like she was in the movie Frozen. "There was even this set of stairs that were placed just outside the look-on spot and they had so much ice on them, it looked like Elsa had just cast her arm up and summoned up some stairs."

  • Surrounding trees are covered in snow (Reuters/M. Doiron)

    Heavy snow around the falls

    Snow and ice cover the vegetation on the edge of the Horseshoe Falls. Also known as the Canadian Falls, this is the largest of the three waterfalls straddling the US-Canada border. At 792 meters wide and 53 meters high, the Horseshoe Falls accounts for 90 percent of the water volume at the Niagara Falls — an astonishing sight both in summer and winter.


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