Apocalypse Dam: China's giant man-made waterfall

It is an scene of almost apocalyptic proportions

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Bystanders are dwarfed as they stand watching a tremendous rush of water gushing through gaps in a dam in China, part of a carefully-choreographed operation to remove silt from the Yellow River in Luoyang, in the Henan province.

The operation sends more than 30 million tonnes of silt downstream a year with more than 390 million tonnes shifted in the last 13 years

The Yellow River authority says such operations lowers the river bed in the lower reach of the river by an average of 2.03 meters each year.

Would you really want to stand this close
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Cran

Now this is where you can say .... DAMN!!!

Somehow reminds me of the scene from the movie 2012 ... When the Ships came out after all the carnage!

Maybe only my imagination but I see faces of...running animals?

In the falls.

Anyone else?

Peace

Originally posted by jude11
Maybe only my imagination but I see faces of...running animals?

In the falls.

Anyone else?

Peace

I see it too. Like a stampede almost. They look almost live wolves! Nice catch.

To OP... No. I would not stand that close. Nor would I want to live anywhere in the general area of this dam. We have a small one here that we all but sit on top of to fish sometimes, and it wrecks my nerves the whole time. It is silly, I know.

These photos are amazing. It's like the water has a personality.

S&F

Originally posted by cranspace
Would you really want to stand this close

With it being made-in-China, NO WAY!!!

If its anything like the products coming out of that country, I wouldnt get within a 50 miles of it.

Wouldn't want to stand so close, noooooo! I am really unnerved by large bodies of still or running water. Worst nightmare for me...

....buuuuttt..... its a necessary process to rid the water of pollution (I think its called siltation but not entirely sure). Can tell you something though. I wouldn't just want an umbrella as protection.

All newer dams do that every year thats why they open from the bottom to get the silt out. Dam aint no damn good if it's only holding back dirt!! Ausable river dams have been mostly converted th this kind of outlet. Normally they run over the top of a certain area but when they get silted up they open the bottom of the dam proper

Originally posted by Kangaruex4Ewe

Originally posted by jude11
Maybe only my imagination but I see faces of...running animals?

In the falls.

Anyone else?

Peace

I see it too. Like a stampede almost. They look almost live wolves! Nice catch.

To OP... No. I would not stand that close. Nor would I want to live anywhere in the general area of this dam. We have a small one here that we all but sit on top of to fish sometimes, and it wrecks my nerves the whole time.

It is silly, I know.

Whew!

Glad it wasn't only me then....

Peace

i would not just trust that area they are standing on. that's a HUGE amount of weight transfer and violent action coming from that water.

i wouldn't do it.

this certainly doesn't sound like a run-0ff. and generally dams get worse the longer they are allowed to blow free like this. wondering who's down stream from this?

What is with China and damns? I read a thread here on ATS about 3 Gorges damn. I'll have to see if I can go back and find it. It was about the movement of such a large amount of water I believe.

They also displaced numerous communities and destroyed many varied ecosystems to build that dam.

en.wikipedia.org...

Originally posted by jude11
Maybe only my imagination but I see faces of...running animals?

In the falls.

Anyone else?

Peace

What about the poor fish?

Originally posted by jude11
Maybe only my imagination but I see faces of...running animals?

In the falls.

Anyone else?

Peace

I see the animal faces, but the one that gets me is on the left, middle of the pic.
Looks demonic.

Originally posted by DAVID64

Originally posted by jude11
Maybe only my imagination but I see faces of...running animals?

In the falls.

Anyone else?

Peace

I see the animal faces, but the one that gets me is on the left, middle of the pic.
Looks demonic.

Pareidolia

Stand well back, thats the dam they found cracks in last year already.....
Its gonna blow big time just when it is needed the most.....(somebody take a note cause thats a prophecy!)

reply to post by stirling


So now China has two dams to deal with. I think they have issues with the power of water.

Originally posted by crappiekat
What is with China and damns? I read a thread here on ATS about 3 Gorges damn. I'll have to see if I can go back and find it. It was about the movement of such a large amount of water I believe.

edit on 7-7-2012 by crappiekat because: sp

yup. a lot of countries have dams and yes they are built to move/hold a large body of water.

Originally posted by HangTheTraitors

Originally posted by cranspace
Would you really want to stand this close

With it being made-in-China, NO WAY!!!

If its anything like the products coming out of that country, I wouldnt get within a 50 miles of it.

Kind of like these!

Originally posted by jude11
Maybe only my imagination but I see faces of...running animals?

What animal WOULDN'T want to run out of China?!?!?