| Mooney Falls, Arizona. In one spectacular leap of 196 feet, Mooney Falls plummets into a deep pool at its base. Higher than Niagara Falls, it is the tallest of the three major waterfalls along Havasu Creek on the Havasupai Reservation in the Grand Canyon. Mooney Falls was the most sacred waterfall of the Havasupai people. They called it the "Mother of the Waters" until a prospector by the name of Daniel Mooney plunged to his death on his attempt to descend the sheer cliffs beside the falls in his search for silver. Unable to retrieve his body, his companions returned 10 months later where they found his body encased in a layer of travertine. They buried him where they found him and the falls has carried his name ever since. All photos in these galleries may be ordered as fine art framed prints or for stock photography usage. |
