![]() NPS Photo by Neal Herbert While Cataract Canyon thrills boaters at any level, the river becomes more and more demanding as flows rise above 30,000 cfs (cubic feet per second). The videos available here are in the public domain and may be downloaded and shared freely. Videos in WMV format can be opened in Winamp, Windows Media Player and other video players. For best results, save the file to your hard drive before viewing (right-click on the link and select "save target as" from the menu). 2008 CLIPS These videos were taken between May 24 and June 13, 2008 from along the right side of Big Drop Two (Rapid 22). During this time, the river's flow ranged from 46,000 to 63,000 cfs. Clip One [2.8mb WMV file] Clip Two [4.7mb WMV file] Clip Three [3.6mb WMV file] Clip Four [4.5mb WMV file] Clip Five [2.2mb WMV file] Clip Six [2.4mb WMV file] Clip Seven [993mb WMV file] Clip Eight [1.6mb WMV file] 2005 CLIPS These videos were taken between May 24 and May 30, 2005 from the top of Big Drop Two (Rapid 22). During this time, the river's flow ranged from 55,000 to 69,000 cfs. Clip One [7mb WMV file] Clip Two [1.6mb WMV file] Clip Three [2.7mb WMV file] Clip Four [1.9mb WMV file] Clip Five [6.5mb WMV file] Clip Six [2.3mb WMV file] Clip Seven [1.6mb WMV file] 1997 CLIPS These videos were taken between May 28 and June 18, 1997 from several locations along Big Drops Two and Three. During this time, the river's flow ranged from 50,000 to 71,000 cfs. Clip One [5.9mb WMV file] Clip Two [2.7mb WMV file] Clip Three [3.3mb WMV file] Clip Four [1.4mb WMV file] Clip Five [3.5mb WMV file] Clip Six [3.5mb WMV file] Clip Seven [2mb WMV file] Clip Eight [3.5mb WMV file] Clip Nine [1mb WMV file] Clip Ten [4.3mb WMV file] |
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