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River Rapids Flowing Past Granite Boulder (1927)

Fast-flowing river water creating surface ripples and foam as it sweeps past a massive angular granite boulder and log jam at the forest edge. — River Rapids Flowing Past Granite Boulder (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Observing nature during spring melt flowing around dense vegetation and boulders causing ripples across the surface of the water, Hall captured these subtle fluid dynamics in 1927 with an engineer's precision.