Micro-Landscapes of the Anthropocene

Waterfall in levels

The Baatara Gorge Waterfalls is located in the heart of a Balaa, a village located in Lebanon. It has another name delivered in French, 'Gouffre des Trois Pont' which translates into english as 'The Three Bridge Chasms'. The waterfall from the springs above flows from the top and down into a chasm falling from a whopping 100 metres. The aesthetic portrayal of the water falling through three large consecutive portals before reaching the bottom compliments mother nature for its artwork. In a new materialistic perspective, the intra-action of the natural spring melting from its icy solid composition into flowing water affects its surrounding ecosystem and most importantly the watery species that live in the lake beneath the waterfall. The intra-relationship of the waterfall imitates the rotation of cogs in a mechanical apparatus, where each aspect reacts within the other to carry out the assembly of events. The journey of the water to free-fall from the edge and in its descent, become attached to the molecules in the air and threads its way down into the hole. The ways of undoing can be seen where the water intra-acts with the seasonal changes and reforms into its solid stage. The beauty of the natural feature can be imagined as a narrative of a water droplet going through its stages of intra-active transformation and using the three portals to mark its milestones.

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