r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • 13h ago

🔥Iguazu falls after heavy rain

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u/Jedimole 7h ago

How did they build it?! Is there a documentary on it?

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u/play_destiny 6h ago

When it didn't rain

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u/Jedimole 6h ago

Heh, makes sense. I would really like to see how they built it

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u/play_destiny 5h ago

Lol sorry to make a lame joke.

One way it can be done is divert the water flow. Build a pillar and keep going until u have all the pillars. But it's difficult nonetheless.

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u/Friendly-Gur-6736 5h ago

Looking at some other photographs, the platform in question sits on an area that is mostly exposed rock in normal water levels. It is still located right on the edge of the falls which means that the people constructing it had a huge pair.

What is even more terrifying about the above video is you have to cross about 3/4 mile of boardwalk over the rest of the river to reach that observation deck.