Victoria Falls

English: The Victoria Falls are waterfalls on the Zambezi River which forms the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The falls are also known as Mosi oa Tunya.

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  Victoria Falls from the air

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  The main falls

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  The chasm from the western end

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  Through the trees from the Zambezi Sun Hotel entrance

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  Victoria Falls Bridge spanning the Second Gorge

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  Victoria Falls Bridge entrance

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  Incredibly, it is possible to swim in natural pools at the top of the falls, on the Zambian side

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  Knife edge bridge near Victoria Falls

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  Lunar Double Rainbow, 2002

Baines' illustrations 1865 (and comparisons)

In 1865 the traveller and artist Thomas Baines published illustrations of the falls. In human history a great deal has changed around the falls, but the falls themselves seem the same as ever.

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  "The falls by sunrise, with the spray cloud rising 1200 feet"

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  Spray cloud from the air in 1972

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  "The falls from the western end of the chasm (from the Leaping Water and Three Rill Cliff to Garden Island.)"

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  Same viewpoint in 2006, with rainbow

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  "Great western (or main) fall, from Three Rill Cliff to Garden Island."

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  2006, from the Zimbabwean side

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  "The falls from the eastern end of the chasm to Garden Island."

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  2001, from the Zambian side

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  "Herd of buffaloes driven to the edge of the chasm, opposite Garden Island"

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  In 2003, the buffaloes were protected: this area is now Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park in Zambia