Blow Hole Hummanaya

89 km. south of Colombo is Dikwella, a coastal town 22km east of Matara,6km east of Dikwella at Kundawala there is a cliff where the only known blow-hole in Sri Lanka - and only one of a small number worldwide! - is located.
This spectacular natural phenomenon is known as Hummanaya, which is a rendering of the sound that it makes just before the water shoots up into the air. Water in a cave at sea level below the cliff is forced upwards through a fissure in the rock about 40 meters above the sea level.
After travelling through the fissure to the top of the cliff, the water is then propelled into the air, sometimes to a height of about 30 metres above the rock fissure. The fountain of water assumes a mushroom shape at its apex and descends in a spray that drenches onlookers.
This video clip was done by me in 2003 and I wonder whether it is still functioning now after the 2005 Tsunami

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[mufferrs]

very nice

[paul8246]

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