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Below are Tom Dempsey's favorite images from an RV camping trip in October 2014 into eastern Canada to see: Niagara Falls (in Ontario) and Hopewell Rocks sunrise, extreme tides on Bay of Fundy, St Martins, and Fundy Trail Parkway (in New Brunswick).

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  • Sunrise. Visit Hopewell Rocks (Flowerpot Rocks) at Hopewell Cape, near Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Hopewell Rocks have one of most extreme tidal ranges in the world: up to 16 meters (52 feet) vertically. Waves and tides twice per day have eroded the base of the rocks faster than the tops, leaving arches and curiously shaped formations of dark sedimentary conglomerate and sandstone rock. For best photo lighting, go in morning (or spectacular sunrise) during the first low tide of the day, safe for 3 hours before low tide until 3 hours after. Walking the beach is easy until its southern end, where The Ledges, a ridge of slippery limestone, can be clambered over to reach Demoiselle Beach. Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the world, due to a resonance of being just the right length (270 km) matching the gravitational pushing cycle of the Moon that causes the tides. Due to the bay's optimal size, the time it takes a large wave to go from the mouth of the bay to the inner shore and back is practically the same as the time from one high tide to the next. (See the effect of resonance by steadily pushing a long pan of water back and forth: an optimal pushing frequency for a given pan size will build up a high wave of water which sloshes out; but pushing too fast or too slow won't build up the big wave.) Two high tides occur per day, one when the ocean side of the Earth is nearest the Moon, and one on the side most distant from the Moon, about 12 hours and 25 minutes from one high tide to the next. The Bay of Fundy is on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Address: Hopewell Rocks Ocean Tidal Exploration Site (phone 506-734-3429), 131 Discovery Rd, Hopewell Cape, NB E4H 4Z5.  The panorama was stitched from 14 overlapping photos.
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  • The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto. The panorama was stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
    1410CAN-149-52pan_Niagara-Falls.jpg
  • Sunrise. Visit Hopewell Rocks (Flowerpot Rocks) at Hopewell Cape, near Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Hopewell Rocks have one of most extreme tidal ranges in the world: up to 16 meters (52 feet) vertically. Waves and tides twice per day have eroded the base of the rocks faster than the tops, leaving arches and curiously shaped formations of dark sedimentary conglomerate and sandstone rock. For best photo lighting, go in morning (or spectacular sunrise) during the first low tide of the day, safe for 3 hours before low tide until 3 hours after. Walking the beach is easy until its southern end, where The Ledges, a ridge of slippery limestone, can be clambered over to reach Demoiselle Beach. Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the world, due to a resonance of being just the right length (270 km) matching the gravitational pushing cycle of the Moon that causes the tides. Due to the bay's optimal size, the time it takes a large wave to go from the mouth of the bay to the inner shore and back is practically the same as the time from one high tide to the next. (See the effect of resonance by steadily pushing a long pan of water back and forth: an optimal pushing frequency for a given pan size will build up a high wave of water which sloshes out; but pushing too fast or too slow won't build up the big wave.) Two high tides occur per day, one when the ocean side of the Earth is nearest the Moon, and one on the side most distant from the Moon, about 12 hours and 25 minutes from one high tide to the next. The Bay of Fundy is on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Address: Hopewell Rocks Ocean Tidal Exploration Site (phone 506-734-3429), 131 Discovery Rd, Hopewell Cape, NB E4H 4Z5. The panorama was stitched from 12 overlapping photos.
    1410CAN-579-90pan_Hopewell_Bay-of-Fu...jpg
  • Fuller Falls, along Fundy Trail Parkway, in Saint John County, Bay of Fundy, St. Martins, New Brunswick, Canada. In St. Martins, drive through the covered bridge on Big Salmon River Road and go 7 km to reach the start of the Fundy Trail Parkway, a 16 kilometer auto route along the Fundy coast ending at Big Salmon River, a former lumbering center. Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the world, due to a resonance of being just the right length (270 km) matching the gravitational pushing cycle of the Moon that causes the tides. Coincidentally, the time it takes a large wave to go from the mouth of the bay to the inner shore and back is practically the same as the time from one high tide to the next. (You can see the effect of resonance for yourself by steadily pushing a long pan of water back and forth: an optimal pushing frequency for a given pan length will build up a high wave of water which sloshes out; but pushing too fast or too slow won't build up the big wave.) Two high tides occur per day, one when the ocean side is nearest the Moon, and one on the side of the Earth most distant from the Moon, about 12 hours and 25 minutes from one high tide to the next. The Bay of Fundy is on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The panorama was stitched from 7 overlapping photos.
    1410CAN-372-78pan_Fundy-Trail-Parkwa...jpg
  • Sunrise. Visit Hopewell Rocks (Flowerpot Rocks) at Hopewell Cape, near Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Hopewell Rocks have one of most extreme tidal ranges in the world: up to 16 meters (52 feet) vertically. Waves and tides twice per day have eroded the base of the rocks faster than the tops, leaving arches and curiously shaped formations of dark sedimentary conglomerate and sandstone rock. For best photo lighting, go in morning (or spectacular sunrise) during the first low tide of the day, safe for 3 hours before low tide until 3 hours after. Walking the beach is easy until its southern end, where The Ledges, a ridge of slippery limestone, can be clambered over to reach Demoiselle Beach. Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the world, due to a resonance of being just the right length (270 km) matching the gravitational pushing cycle of the Moon that causes the tides. Due to the bay's optimal size, the time it takes a large wave to go from the mouth of the bay to the inner shore and back is practically the same as the time from one high tide to the next. (See the effect of resonance by steadily pushing a long pan of water back and forth: an optimal pushing frequency for a given pan size will build up a high wave of water which sloshes out; but pushing too fast or too slow won't build up the big wave.) Two high tides occur per day, one when the ocean side of the Earth is nearest the Moon, and one on the side most distant from the Moon, about 12 hours and 25 minutes from one high tide to the next. The Bay of Fundy is on the Atlantic coast of North America, on the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Address: Hopewell Rocks Ocean Tidal Exploration Site (phone 506-734-3429), 131 Discovery Rd, Hopewell Cape, NB E4H 4Z5.
    1410CAN-615_Hopewell_Bay-of-Fundy.jpg
  • The Maid of the Mist cruises up to Horseshoe Falls (or Canadian Falls) on the Niagara River, starting from Niagara Falls, New York, USA. The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto.
    1410CAN-033_Niagara-Falls.jpg
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