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Geology Picture of the Week, May 9-15, 2010: The [Endangered] Witch's Well of Tuhala
Flickr ^ | April 10, 2010 | Tiina Gill

Posted on 05/13/2010 8:51:07 PM PDT by cogitator

OK, I admit, I found out about this place because economic development -- in this case, limestone quarries to supply gravel for roads -- threatens this unique geological and hydrological site/phenomenon/tourist attraction. And I guess it does bug me when something of national (indeed, international) geological, hydrological, historical, and traditional value can be so undervalued. So, I provide the basic setting, read the links in the comment if you want.


The Witch's Well in the Northern Estonia karst area is in reality a karst spring that starts gushing forth during the spring floods when the underground Tuhala River can no longer carry on all the water quickly enough. The well is only 2.5 m deep, but under pressure from the river water it can spurt water up to half a metre. Under the pressure the well starts to 'boil', as a result, more than 100 litres of water flow out every second.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: estonia; spring; tourism; water
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1 posted on 05/13/2010 8:51:07 PM PDT by cogitator
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2 posted on 05/13/2010 8:52:23 PM PDT by cogitator
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Sobering that the locals treat “rock” as more valuable.


3 posted on 05/13/2010 10:30:22 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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