ngok's kingdomby ~grevys

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Waterscapes

the beginning of the livingstone falls. so begins the congo river's rush to the sea - at the end of malebo or stanley pool and the end of 1750km of sluggish, navigable river. taken from the brazzaville side of the river. ngok - the crocodile and the beer ...

pentax SV (manufactured in 1964), 20mm, delta 100 b&w film.

~oliphantics Nov 4, 2009

you certainly have captured the power of the falls.

~grevys Nov 4, 2009

ah but only if i could have got a little closer to the bigger rapids in the middle of the river - astonishing power!

~oliphantics Nov 10, 2009

reminds me of my white water rafting days.

~grevys Nov 13, 2009

... only this is the point at which everyone gets out of the river. i think i'm right in saying that no-one has survived rafting the lower part of the congo river - i.e., from this point on. it roars.