4 articles tagged with angel falls
Standing at the controls of a sleek Bell 429 helicopter, my pilot Carlos gestured toward what appeared to be a thin silver thread cascading down a massive tabletop mountain shrouded in morning mist. 'Señor Turner, welcome to Salto Ángel,' he...
The first time I glimpsed Angel Falls—that impossible ribbon of water plummeting from a tabletop mountain lost in clouds—I understood why the indigenous Pemón people call it Kerepakupai Merú: 'waterfall of the deepest place.' After years of paddling rivers across...
Standing before the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall after a challenging journey through Venezuela's Canaima National Park, I felt a familiar dilemma that's haunted me throughout my photography adventures: how does one possibly capture the magnificent scale and raw power of...
Standing at the edge of a tepui plateau, watching clouds drift through ancient rock formations that have remained virtually unchanged for millions of years, I couldn't help but feel both humbled and energized. These table-top mountains of Venezuela aren't just...