THE GIGANTIC HOLE THAT APPEARS TO BE DRAINING WATER FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN - WATCH VIDEO - Thor's Well in Oregon, also known as the "gate to hell," is a spectacular sight at high tide

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Thor's Well in Oregon - also known as the 'gate to hell' - is big enough to swallow a large boat.  The hole looks like a feature of an alien planet and attracts scores of tourists and photographers each year. At high tide water bursts out of the well in spectacular fashion, an event that never fails to delight onlookers

 

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It appears as if the Pacific Ocean is being drained away down a giant bottomless hole on the Oregon coast.  The hole - big enough to swallow a large boat – looks like a feature on an alien planet.

 

 

However, the seawater levels in the Pacific Ocean are actually perfectly safe, because the hole – called Thor’s Well, and sometimes the ‘gate to hell’ – is actually around 20 feet deep.

 

It is a remarkable sight, though – and it attracts hundreds of tourists every year who are keen to see the incredible phenomenon in action.

 

At high tide water bursts upwards out of the well in spectacular fashion, an event that never fails to delight onlookers.  It makes for dramatic photographs. As a result tripods often populate the surrounding rocks, with tourists anxious to capture the violent surges on film.

 According to Gary Hayes, from Traveloregon.com, Thor’s Well – located in the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area near Yachats - probably started out life as a sea cave.

 

He said: ‘Formations like Thor’s Well and Spouting Horn are typically formed over long periods of time geologically.

 

‘They begin as a sea cave and eventually the top of the cave collapses, leaving an opening where the tide surges from below to send water shooting upward with dramatic force.’  

 

He advised that if you visit, it’s best to keep your distance.  He added: ‘It can be viewed safely from the highway viewpoint at Cook’s Chasm or lower viewpoints along the paved trail.’

 

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Thor's Well & Spouting Horn, Oregon Coast 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAheQ6ldM3U

   

 Belize is home to a similarly amazing ocean hole – called the Great Blue Hole (pictured). The spectacular submarine hole is almost 1,000 feet in diameter and over 300 feet deep and is, unsurprisingly, very popular with scuba divers

 

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3813917/Pictured-incredible-gigantic-hole-appears-draining-water-Pacific-Ocean.html

 

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