Staubbach

a celebrated waterfall of Switzerland. The name signifies dust brook. It is situated in the immediate vicinity of Lauterbrunnen, eight miles south of Interlaken. Some twenty rivulets from the melting snows and mists on the shoulder of the Jungfrau fall from the rocky heights here. The best known of these is the Staubbach. It falls from a projecting rock 980 feet in height, six times the height of Niagara, compared to which, it is, of course a mere cupful. It falls so far that the greater part of the water is converted into mist before it reaches the ground and is wafted by the winds over the meadows far and near. Seen in the morning sunlight it has the appearance of a transparent silvery veil swung to and fro by the wind. Not infrequently it is tinted with all the hues of the rainbow. At times the volume of water, like that of Minnehaha, is somewhat disappointing. See Waterfall