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However, park rangers soon found out, that the model was in fact so realistic, that it could be used to demonstrate how the water flow down Yosemite Falls changes through the seasons and how it affects the valley.
In our pictures, a park ranger uses a can of water, starting to poor down a lot of water, demonstrating the heavy snow melt in spring. The waterfall is in full action and all the little creeks in the valley gradually fill up with water too.
As the water can empties, demonstrating the dry summer season, less water goes down the falls and many of the creeks in the valley fall dry.
The ranger told us, he was hoping that on a very cold winter day, he could actually demonstrate how the fall gradually freezes over.
After his demonstration, the kids were invited to try it out themselves and some of them had fun creating real floods in the valley, as they happen occasionally in spring.
The artist must be really pleased to see so much attention being drawn by his sculpture.
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