Wildflowers and Middle Falls of the Genesee River, Letchworth State Park, New York

Yellow summer wildflowers frame the Middle Falls of the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park, New York. The Middle Falls of the Genesee River has a height of 107 feet (33 meters) and is about twice that wide. The area was once submerged under an inland sea, which left deposits that formed sandstone and shale. The eroded the river bed forming the Letchworth Gorge, which is 22 miles (35 km) long and as much as 550 feet (168 meters) deep.

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Yellow summer wildflowers frame the Middle Falls of the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park, New York. The Middle Falls of the Genesee River has a height of 107 feet (33 meters) and is about twice that wide. The area was once submerged under an inland sea, which left deposits that formed sandstone and shale. The eroded the river bed forming the Letchworth Gorge, which is 22 miles (35 km) long and as much as 550 feet (168 meters) deep.