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Water is asleep
when it's in a pond.
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Water is drowsy when it's
in the slow moving river.
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But when water suddenly notices
that the earth has gone away,
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And so a waterfall is
water that has awakened.
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It has awakened to the
reality that it's alive
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and that it's flowing
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and that it's moving
through the air,
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and that awakening
in the water
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seems to wake up
something in us too.
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Even lakes and rivers have
that sort of draw for people,
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but it's not that
often that you have
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a river that's free
falling through the air.
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People have always just been
attracted to waterfalls
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all around the world
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and I think it's because
it's not all that often
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that you see water just
pitching through space.
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When people think
of waterfalls,
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especially here in
Yosemite Valley,
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which has a very
high concentration
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of high waterfalls,
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they tend to think
of facts,
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they tend to think
of Ribbon Fall,
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the highest single drop
of water in North America,
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around 1,600 feet.
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They tend to think of Yosemite
Falls, 2,425 feet,
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fifth highest waterfalls
in the world.
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But the numbers don't add up
to the beauty of those falls.
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Every fall has its
own unique character,
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every fall is water
saying to the world,
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look, I can be
different over here
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than I was over there,
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they have their own personality.
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There's a lot of different
waterfalls in this area,
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it depends of the time
of the year you come here.
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The ones that are going
right now would include
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Vernal Falls, Nevada Falls,
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on the Merced River, Bridalveil
Falls on Bridalveil Creek,
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and some other
smaller ones,
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but this one's named Yosemite
Falls, it's The Falls.
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Well, I think it was given
the name Yosemite Falls
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because it's the premier
waterfall in Yosemite Valley.
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Bridalveil is a
spectacular waterfall,
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so are Nevada Falls
and Vernal Falls,
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but they are quite
a bit smaller.
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Yosemite Falls is
just right there.
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I mean, when you kind
of turn the corner
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and you get your
first view of it,
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