Spectacular Photos of Partially Frozen Niagara Falls (Jan 2014)

The U.S. side of the Niagara Falls is pictured in Ontario, January 8, 2014. The frigid air and “polar vortex” that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. (REUTERS/Aaron Harris)

REUTERS reported that the Niagara Falls partially froze on Tuesday, when the high temperature was a record low of minus 2 degrees.

The ice formed on the U.S. side of the falls, which straddle the border between the United States and Canada.

I visited the Niagara Falls in the autumn of 2006, I was 3 years old at the time and I was very excited to see lots of rainbows around the falls.

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The U.S. side of the Niagara Falls is pictured in Ontario, January 8, 2014. The frigid air and “polar vortex” that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. (REUTERS/Aaron Harris)

Ice and ice flows on the Canadian and US water falls at Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, USA, on January 9, 2014 following the recent cold weather that has moved across the United States midwest and northeast. (EPA/RICK WARNE)

Ice and ice flows on the Canadian and US water falls at Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, USA, on January 9, 2014 following the recent cold weather that has moved across the United States midwest and northeast. (EPA/RICK WARNE)

Ice and ice flows on the Canadian and US water falls at Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, USA, on January 9, 2014 following the recent cold weather that has moved across the United States midwest and northeast. (EPA/RICK WARNE)

Visitors take pictures overlooking the falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, January 8, 2014. The frigid air and “polar vortex” that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. (REUTERS/Aaron Harris)

The Rainbow Bridge shown in Niagara Falls, Ontario, January 8, 2014. The frigid air and “polar vortex” that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. (REUTERS/Aaron Harris)

The U.S. side of the Niagara Falls is pictured in Ontario, January 8, 2014. The frigid air and “polar vortex” that affected about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada will depart during the second half of this week, and a far-reaching January thaw will begin, according to AccuWeather.com. (REUTERS/Aaron Harris)

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Wallenda tightrope walks across Niagara Falls

On Friday June 15, 2012, aerialist Nik Wallenda became the first person to cross over the Niagara Falls on tightrope.

An aerialist is an acrobat who performs in the air, on a suspended apparatus such as a trapeze, rope, cloud swing, aerial cradle, aerial silk, aerial hoop, or dance pole.

He walked on a 2-inch (5-cm) cable from the U.S. side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

He must be very brave. 

I had visited the Niagara Falls, New York and I wish to visit the falls again but I would not want to try to cross it on tightrope because it is too dangerous.

So, I’ll use the Rainbow Bridge to cross the falls to Canada.

Nik Wallenda nears the middle of his tightrope walk over Niagara Falls as seen from Niagara Falls, Ontario, on Friday, June 15, 2012. Wallenda has finished his attempt to become the first person to walk on a tightrope 1,800 feet across the mist-fogged brink of roaring Niagara Falls. The seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas had long dreamed of pulling off the stunt, never before attempted. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

Nik Wallenda walks across Niagara Falls on a tightrope as seen from Niagara Falls, N.Y., Friday, June 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the U.S. side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 15, 2012. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the U.S. side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario June 15, 2012. Wallenda, a member of the famed “Flying Wallendas” family of aerialists, completed a historic tightrope crossing through the mist over Niagara Falls Gorge on Friday, stepping from a 2-inch wire onto safe ground in Canada to wild cheers from a crowd of thousands. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walks the high wire from the U.S. side to the Canadian side over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 15, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Cassese