Charybdis

The sirens Charybdis and Scylla resided in the Sicilian Sea. Homer tells us that because Charybdis had stolen the oxen of Hercules, Zeus struck her with a thunderbolt and changed her into a whirlpool whose vortex swallowed up ships. In Charybdis the circular movement of water inside a transparent acrylic cylinder forms an air-core vortex in the centre. Steps wrap around the cylinder and allow spectators to view the vortex from above. The cylinder was manufactured in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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[nodnodwinkwinkV]

i want one for my garden...

[FrisianDude]

Pretty cool, but err.. neither Charybdis or Scylla were at all related to sirens. :o 

[TheBlastOneAgain]

Coooool.

[stranglechord]

@mikurej95 the constant motion of the water wil keep it from completely freezing

[LezThanhuman101]

@FrisianDude their both in the greek family tree, and they both started as nymphs which are closely linked to sirens

[NathanielDoubleyou]

@iMultiTask Why?

[iMultiTask]

@NathanielDoubleyou shut the fuck up nigger

[PaladinOfGame]

Wait, I thought Charybdis was trying to flood the land for Poseidon. Never heard anything about stealing oxen..

[mikurej95]

what happens during winter? :P

[Sirilloh]

the have little versions of this in the mall by the louis vuitton store in Las Vegas. They are cool

[NathanielDoubleyou]

This reminds me of that one episode of the Mythbusters