Lake Berryessa Glory Hole - 11/14/2010
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Uploaded by DaltonSR20DET on Nov 29, 2010
Decided to check out the Glory hole at Lake Berryessa along the Monticello Dam. The hole is much much larger then we ever could have imagined. Unfortunately the water levels have been so low that water hasn't flowed into the hole since 2006. The day we visited the water level was approximately 28 feet below the Spillway level.
I gathered my information from http://www.lakeberryessanews.com/. This is where we will watch to see if the Hole fills.
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this is not what i wanted when i ttyped in glory hole D:
7 months ago 14
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Lucky you had a handheld rock. You probably couldn't do the same thing with like, a mounted rock or a rock on a tripod.
All Comments (24)
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@zulu9741 It would depend largely on whether the dam is a hydroelectric one used to generate power by way of rushing water. Those employ very large turbines that are driven at high speeds by the water to generate electricity. Suffice to say the intake channel of one of those should be avoided, imagine something akin to a powerful blender.
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No matter there is currently water in it, or not, this thing is scary both ways! A big stupid scary hole. I know it's just a part of that dam, but it's so scary! @_@
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handheld rock?
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@DaltonSR20DET Song?
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Song?
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@TotalWar5598 oooohhhh, wowwowowow lol
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@DaltonSR20DET lol you spelled dam ad damn in your comment to nickhansbauer
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Thanks for posting this! I've seen several videos of it and had no idea that it was man made!
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how does a glory hole form? and can you die from it?
zulu9741 7 months ago
@zulu9741 It's a man-made structure. I'm sure it would be unfortunate if you fell in, but with the water levels so low I don't think that is a current risk.
DaltonSR20DET 7 months ago
sooo sorry about this but i still don't quite understand :( where exactly does the hole lead to?! could someone survive being flushed down if they had an air mask on? how would they dive back up? where would they come out?!
nickhansbauer 9 months ago
@nickhansbauer This Glory Hole is part of the Monitcello Dam at Lake Berryessa. When the water actually spills into the hole it is then routed down and out the base of the damn into a river on the other side. The river flows through the Putah Creek State Wildlife Area.
DaltonSR20DET 9 months ago
Taken straight from Wiki,
The dam is noted for its classic, uncontrolled spillway with a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s) and a diameter at the lip of 72 ft (22 m). The spillway is also known as 'The Glory Hole'.
DaltonSR20DET 11 months ago