Girl Goes Swimming at High of 320-Foot Waterfall—Surprised by What Awaits

A New York City trainer had a wide ranging—and barely nerve-wracking—encounter with nature whereas swimming on the fringe of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, capturing a uncommon double rainbow within the course of.

The second was documented by 30-year-old toddler and toddler trainer Jennifer, who posts as @budgettravel.teacher on TikTok. Her video, filmed at Devil’s Pool, a pure rock pool on the brink of the practically 320-foot-high waterfall, has amassed greater than 775,000 views since being posted on May 25.

Text overlaid on the video reads: “pov [point of view]: you go swimming at the top of a 100 meter waterfall.” The clip reveals Jennifer being guided to the sting of the falls by an area tour information earlier than being left to drift close to the sting, the place she is greeted by a vivid double rainbow spanning throughout the spray-filled gorge.

“The sun hits the falls a certain way at particular times of day to create the rainbow effect, so I knew it was a matter of timing,” Jennifer instructed Newsweek. “I was thrilled that we got a double rainbow though and that they were so clear and bright. I took the 9 a.m. tour and the rainbows were in full force the entire time we were there, and they started to fade just as we were leaving, so it really was perfect timing. I might have also just gotten lucky that day though.”

A rainbow happens when the daylight and atmospheric circumstances in addition to the viewer’s positions are “just right to see it,” explains the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Light bends because it enters the droplet, displays inside, and separates into colours because it exits. Double rainbows happen when mild is mirrored twice inside a droplet, leading to a secondary arc above the first one, with the colour order reversed.

This “re-reflected” mild leaves the water drop at a distinct angle, exiting at “50 degrees instead of 42 degrees for the red primary bow,” in response to the NOAA.

“This is why the secondary rainbow appears above the primary rainbow. The secondary rainbow will have the order of the colors reversed, too, with red on the bottom and violet on the top,” the NOAA explains.

‘Unreal’ Experience

Jennifer stated she had lengthy dreamed of visiting the enduring waterfall. “I had been seeing pictures and videos of Victoria Falls for years and it had always been high on my list of places to visit,” she stated. “So, when I started planning a trip to South Africa and Botswana last year, I jumped at the chance to include Victoria Falls. I’d seen people in the news and on social media swimming in Devil’s Pool, and it seemed like such a unique once-in-a-lifetime experience that I knew I had to do it.”

While the expertise seems to be peaceable on video, Jennifer stated the second was filled with emotion and depth. “Swimming at the top of the waterfall was incredible but it also goes by very fast. Between the adrenaline and then trying to smile for photos, there was so much happening at once that it felt like it was over in the blink of an eye,” she stated.

She added: “It was incredible, though, to see the views and to hear the water rushing over the edge and especially seeing the rainbows. Victoria Falls is such an incredibly special and beautiful place, so to be so completely surrounded by and immersed in the falls was unreal.”

She emphasised the position of the tour guides in making certain security. “The tour guides are there every step of the way and they are never far, they are even holding your feet when you lean over the edge,” Jennifer defined. “There is a natural little chair at about the midpoint near the edge, and they do leave you on your own there for a minute, but they make sure you’re settled and in the correct position first.”

Jennifer praised the guides not just for their professionalism however for his or her means to doc the expertise.

“I truly cannot say enough positive things about the team of guides who brought us there—they made sure everyone was safe and comfortable the entire time, and they take the most unreal photos while literally standing on the edge of the falls,” she stated. “What they do is way scarier than just swimming in the pool. So, even though it was definitely scary, I would recommend it.”

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