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The 129-foot waterfall — a wide curtain of white water cascading from a basalt cliff face — generates its own rainbow and once was dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by President Theodore Roosevelt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

They typically appear as darker, narrow gaps of water between areas of breaking waves and white water.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

You’ll walk next to churning, frothing white water.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

They are small today, relatively at least, but there is still a backdrop of bubbling white water and churning white noise.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

I ate the white meal, drank the white water, received the white smiles and wondered how it could all be.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin



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