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| Shoshone Falls (Oil, 1874-75) | Thomas Moran (1837-1926) Guilded Generation
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I've
included this work by Moran since it's one of the very few of the Idaho
landscape. Shoshone Falls still exists, but whether you can view
the falls or not depends upon water availability. A good portion
of the Snake River's water is removed upriver for irrigation purposes. When
there is enough of a run-off, however, it's worth a trip to Twin Falls to
look at the falls from the overlook on the canyon's south side just
outside of town. It won't quite be like Moran's painting which
also views the falls from the south side. You'll see that the
north side of the canyon is now cluttered with a power station and
transmission wires and towers. Nonetheless, when the river
is full, and the water thunders over the
edge, and the canyon is filled with spray -- and when the sky blackens with the coming of a late afternoon
storm -- you're likely to see and remember an image not unlike Moran's.
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