never seen water like this

Downriver from the famous falls, the Whirlpool Rapids are formed as the water drops into Niagara Gorge on its way to Lake Ontario.

MatadorU faculty member Scott Sporleder shares this image from Palawan, the Philippines most remote province and home to many beaches with super clear water.

At certain times of year, at certain places in the world, a rising tide will travel upriver or into a small bay, creating wave action. Sumatras Seven Ghosts is one of the most legendary of such tidal bores, particularly in the surf community.

Streams of water cascade down the sheer vegetated slopes of Puu Kukui in the West Maui Mountains.

Frequent algal blooms along this part of the Southern California coast can produce some intense bioluminescence in the waves.

An example of a high surf advisory situation off the coast of California.

A characteristic discharge of CO2 earns this geothermal body of water on the North Island of New Zealand its name.

As the planets lowest country, water is eminently accessible in the Maldives.

A long exposure captures the whirlpool action of this section of river in the Southern Highlands region.

Another oddly colored body of water in the Waiotapu geothermal area on the North Island.