bmk1245 Posted April 24, 2013 #1 Share Posted April 24, 2013 18.04.2013. Dviete, LatviaMonstrous whirlpool in parish Dviete, Latvia swallows everything in its path. Swallowing everything dragged towards its direction, this monstrous whirlpool looks as if a plug has been pulled from the ground beneath. Wow! Just wow! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfknight Posted April 24, 2013 #2 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I wouldn't call it Monstous. Looks like maybe 2 foot across. It is cool to watch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffSplitkins Posted April 24, 2013 #3 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I saw this on the interwebs last night. Pretty cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evancj Posted April 25, 2013 #4 Share Posted April 25, 2013 That's amazing!!! Where do you suppose all that water is going, and how long has this been happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted April 25, 2013 #5 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Yes, I'd like to know when it started and at what rate the water is disappearing, if it's disappearing. Could out be a sink hole? We're living in strange times.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod222 Posted April 25, 2013 #6 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Cute, but that thing is hardly "monstrous". It is tiny. To see a truly monstrous whirlpool, go to youtube and search for the Lake Peigneur disaster. That is what I would call monstrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmk1245 Posted April 26, 2013 Author #7 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Cute, but that thing is hardly "monstrous". It is tiny. To see a truly monstrous whirlpool, go to youtube and search for the Lake Peigneur disaster. That is what I would call monstrous. Ermm... Thats why I put it in Natural World, not in Earth, Disasters and the Environment... Anyway, its really monstrously hungry for ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted April 28, 2013 #8 Share Posted April 28, 2013 It looks like it could pull a person in… monstrous enough for my taste. 2013, the Year of the Sinkhole. No, really, all around the world, every few weeks another sinkhole opens up and swallows something news-worthy. It's the snow melting in some regions, or rains in the other, but still there were so many... we had few but they didn't make international news. They are relatively common to be honest, but in context of all the other sinkholes... it's a little creepy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhaten-pasheri Posted April 28, 2013 #9 Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) One of the youtube comments, in Russian, says "It's near the dam overflow, idiots!". And somebody in another comment linked to this video (The gates of Hell) of the same event, but pans camera to the left at 50 seconds to show what happens. This video was posted only a few minutes ago, and 4 days after bmk1245 has made this post here so he would not have known. http://youtu.be/_OH9jVp5yKY Edited April 28, 2013 by Atentutankh-pasheri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen of Annoy Posted April 28, 2013 #10 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Now it makes sense, I was wondering how the hell it could be possible to have such huge cavern under the lake that is clearly not in karst or karst-like terrain... Still creepy. I don’t like whirlpools ever since I was staring at one, relatively small, in relatively small river, playing far too near to the current and my father put me into the whirlpool, holding me by my hands, to teach me the strength and danger of whirlpools. True story. Partially explains what has become of me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhaten-pasheri Posted April 28, 2013 #11 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Now it makes sense, I was wondering how the hell it could be possible to have such huge cavern under the lake that is clearly not in karst or karst-like terrain... Still creepy. I don’t like whirlpools ever since I was staring at one, relatively small, in relatively small river, playing far too near to the current and my father put me into the whirlpool, holding me by my hands, to teach me the strength and danger of whirlpools. True story. Partially explains what has become of me Hmmm, looks like you bought something out of the whirlpool with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted April 28, 2013 #12 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Impressive to watch, but I was expecting some parish church and little village houses being swallowed up. Not the biggest of Eddy`s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato Posted April 30, 2013 #13 Share Posted April 30, 2013 A pipe with a vertical open-end and a pump to suck the water through. It might just be an overflow but it's also doing a great job of clearing/cleaning out everything on the surface too; incidentally or deliberately. Hardly monstrous but it is powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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