A photo of the Niagara Falls sparkling in bright colors after a deep freeze has become viral, hitting more than three million views since it was posted over the weekend.
The spectacular photograph was taken by a Niagara resident named Tim Williams who used a Nikon D7100 camera.
As of Friday evening, the photo had been viewed more than three million times and was shared on social media sites more than 60,000 times.
What's the story of the photo?
Tim Williams is friends on Twitter with another man who shares the same name, a news anchor from Pittsburgh. The news anchor asked him if he can send him a photo of the Niagara Falls covered in ice.
Williams said:
“On Wednesday night, my wife, Trish, and I went down to the falls and I spent about half an hour shooting the falls. I did nothing to the photo, just took it from the camera and sent it off. He tweeted the photo out and it just exploded.”
“I just set up my tripod and started to shoot. I sent him two pictures that night. The one that’s been getting all the hits is the shot with the coloured lights on the falls. On Thursday morning, I went back and took some more photos during the day and those should also be up later.”
The photo was shown on Pittsburgh CBS television station KDKA and later found its way on the CBS Pittsburgh Facebook page.
Niagara Falls is the group name of three big waterfalls on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and Canada. The falls attracts millions of visitors every year.--Source: Forterie Times Canada