I was oversimplifying. I don't know enough about the theoretical physics of black holes to know in what ways they are infinite. However, the only way I can think of to extract energy from the black hole is if you could put a wormhole at the center that led back to its lip, tapping the energy from falling matter through the resulting Escher's Waterfall.

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>> ^00Scud00:
Nice, but I was hoping for a reveal at the end to see how it really works.
This won't completely explain it, but it'll shed a little light on the reality of the structure.

I'd be making waterfalls and waterslides if I had access to this.

I was expecting a couple of dumb suburban kids. These guys look like they could swim up a waterfall.

Nope, Germans (and Swiss and French).

This is a different camera angle of an "experiment" done by German "Science"-TV-Show "Galileo". This was when they were trying to be all Mythbustery and supposedly were trying to find out how much force was in a waterfall (I don't know you, but I gernerally don't park below switched off waterfalls). The Science-level in "Galileo" is abysmal and way below the level of a good children's education show.
They were helped by Swiss company Liebherr with their Liebherr R9800 mega crane, which is beign built in France.
The full video (in German) is here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xacbds_galileo-wasser-fall-liebherr-r9800_auto

HEY, I've been here! Looks like the secret's out, this is literally one of my favorite places in the world I can escape to with any regular frequency. Huntington Gorge kicks bushels of Green Mountain ass.

Been going here like clockwork every summer since I was about 5 years old. It's about a 25-30 minute drive from Burlington, 15 minutes or so from Essex. Beautiful place, a couple different spots to jump from depending on how bold/experienced you are. A little something for everyone's specific comfort zone.

The spot where all the deaths occur and will probably continue to occur is unsurprisingly the highest/trickiest place to jump from. There's not much clearance on either side of you as you try to clear two overlapping ridges and NOT land in the "dead zone".

Basically, the river current plunges under the bottom of the rock face a few feet away from where you would want to land and goes underground (the regulars refer to it as a whirlpool but I'm not exactly sure what the proper term for it is) for a good 30 feet before resurfacing; the vast majority of people sucked under don't come out the other end, getting pinned against debris (there's said to be a few good sized logs down there) or stuck in a pocket where the oscillating current keeps you in spin-cycle until you drown.

The "newbie" area, in video @ 2:19 with the guy back-flipping, is a 20-25 foot drop with a nice 12 ft circumference pool to land in, 10 feet deep with a soft sandy bottom. This is where you go to build up courage for "the jump". Here, the only thing you really need to worry about is hitting the water properly (clench those cheeks and streamline yourself!).

The slides/caves carved out by waterfalls further up/down river are also places to check out if you're not into the whole thrill-seeking thing, accessibility depending on how dry/wet a summer it's been.

What an utterly agreeable configuration of natural elements this place is, well, for me at least.

One of my favorite vacations I've ever been on was a trip with my wife to Kauai. We rented a jeep and used directions that we got off of the geocaching site to travel to the location where they shot the original film. It was a fairly long drive through some thick forest/jungle, over several streams, and finally stopping at the remnants of the "Park's" entrance. The site is absolutely gorgeous! A short walk from the gate takes you to an overlook where you can observe several waterfalls that cascade down into the caldera and we got to find one of the best geocaches ever!

Type *discard into the comment box. That should do it. Nice video.

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My bad, didn't take the time to read the rules. Anybody know how to take down a video?

OMG A Double upside down waterfall! OMG What does this mean?!? MMMMMMMMmmmmm

WIN.

>> ^ForgedReality:

Big deal. I did that in Assassin's Creed.

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Thanks for the promote!

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*promote *wings

Despite a fool's logic, I wouldn't recommend going over that waterfall in a barrel...

>> ^ghark:

rofl at the random upside down waterfalls at the end.
Also - kind of a dangerous time on be in a helicopter when you're surrounded by waterspouts is it not?


You can be miles away when at sea when because you don't have terrain blocking your field of view. They also don't last that long, like 30 mins or so on the long side.