Gravity-Defying 'Reverse Waterfalls' Seen In Australia. Here's What Went On

When you throw an apple up in the air you expect it to fall down right? Same with water. Because gravity keeps us all grounded. However, this video of gravity-defying reverse waterfalls in Australia is going viral, baffling many.

The video of two waterfalls at the Royal National Park near Sydney shows water flowing in reverse, from the bottom to the top. The water can be seen flowing backwards over the cliff instead of falling down.

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This, however, is no magic. The reason for this phenomenon is believed to be the torrential rainfall and wild weather in Australia.

One Facebook page shared the video with the caption, ¡®70km/h gusts battering the Royal National Park coastline have resulted in the creation of spectacular reverse waterfalls as captured in this video¡¯.

Meteorologists believe that the occurrence of reverse waterfalls is the result of high winds coming off the ocean. These winds are so strong and they hit the cliffs with such a force that the water is pushed back up from where it comes.

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The aerial footage of the phenomenon has left netizens amazed.

However, this is not the first time reverse waterfalls have been recorded.

Last year something very similar happened in Ireland and that video went viral as well. However, what happened was that the winds on the east coast side of Ireland were so strong that some of the water was pushed back and it appeared to flow upward.

Sorry folks, only Science here.

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