The name Taroko evokes in most people's minds images of the lovely scenery of the Liwu River or the prodigious workmanship of the Central Cross Island Highway. Yet few people realize that, just like the United States 'Grand Canyon National Park, these natural splendors were nearly inundated forever under water.
提起太魯閣，總會令人想起立霧溪的美景和中橫公路的鬼斧神工，卻很少人知道，這些天然美景差點也像美國大峽谷國家公園一樣，永遠沈淪水底。