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19-MAY-2018

Drowning trees

In a dramatic (and temporary) departure from my Hillwood Estate gallery, this was the Potomac River on Saturday at Great Falls Park, about a 20-minute drive from DC. We had had heavy rainfall for the last six days, and the river had reached flood stage, cresting on Sunday.

Since we drove out there just to see the state of the river – as a lot of people did because the park was packed -- I’ll be posting a few more pictures of it.

Stranded tree, posted earlier

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Julie Oldfield24-May-2018 02:33
So powerful. V
woody3422-May-2018 04:14
The force of nature has been so well captured with the expectation of the damage that can follow with the amount of rain you had and the ensuing raging floodwaters...V
janescottcumming22-May-2018 02:05
Wow, that water has some force to it! V
Nirvan Hope22-May-2018 00:57
Wow, this is shocking! Well caught turbulence and tree trauma.
bill friedlander21-May-2018 22:27
A terrific view of the raging river. Hope it didn't cause a lot of damage. V
exzim21-May-2018 21:00
Excellent photo. I'm sure that no one wanted to swim
joseantonio21-May-2018 19:57
very nice capture of the force of that water.V.
Hank Vander Velde21-May-2018 17:28
Great raging action shot Helen.
Chris Morton21-May-2018 17:07
dramatic show of power
danad21-May-2018 16:56
A very dramatic image ! V.
Jim Coffman21-May-2018 16:54
Wow that is one raging river!!
Anitta21-May-2018 16:53
I can almost feel the mist and hear the power of the rushing water. Great capture, Helen. V