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Photographer: Kevin Schafer
Location: Cayambe-Coca Reserve, Ecuador
More information from This is Ecuador and Exploring Ecuador
180 kms. from Quito, passing Papallacta and Baeza, you will find the San Rafael falls. These spectacular waterfalls are where the the Quijos river enters the mouth of the Coca river at 1650 mts. ... On a clear day, from the river Reventador you will see the active volcano of that same name and you may see the explosions and lava flows.
Recent articles have highlighted how this fall may not be this spectacular in near future. One such article says
The 1,500 megawatt Coca-Codo Sinclair Hydroelectric Project will divert water flow away from the 480-foot San Rafael Falls, leaving it "high and dry." Worse, the project, which is scheduled for completion in 2016, will be pressure on Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, an area so renowned for its biodiversity that "even the oil companies spared this area...
Ciao till there is another image in Bing that inspires me to do some research :)
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