Gocta Falls, Peru In 2005 Stefan Ziemendorff came across a waterfall in Northern Peru that didn't appear on any map, despite a village of 200 people being at its base. He returned the following year to measure its height. At 2,350 feet tall, Gocta Falls are now known to be the 3rd highest in the world. [more inside]
posted by jontyjago on Feb 16, 2011 - 17 comments

A perpetual motion machine based on the improbable physics of Escher's Waterfall.
posted by logicpunk on Feb 16, 2011 - 72 comments

Tom Selleck + waterfall + sandwich [more inside]
posted by slogger on Jan 29, 2010 - 78 comments

NYC Waterfalls -- On June 26th, four waterfalls will go up around New York City. Designed by Olafur Eliasson and paid for, in part, by the Public Art Fund. Rendering of what they will look like here.
posted by brooklynexperiment on Jun 16, 2008 - 24 comments

The Waterfall process is back. Attention all project managers.
posted by bingo on Mar 8, 2006 - 32 comments

Researchers have discovered a cave so large two helicopters can comfortably land inside it and containing a new species of poison dart frog.
posted by driveler on Feb 22, 2006 - 56 comments