The Torah Well is a unique natural monument located in Oregon. Powerful forests and high mountains make the landscape near Cape Perpetua a true paradise. Among the huge boulders is an oceanic depression, which regularly spews a fountain of water and immediately absorbs it. The moment when sharp streams flow down is indescribable; every artist dreams of capturing it especially at sunset. And thousands of tourists come here every year from afar to admire the place fraught with mysterious danger.
Well of Thor: facts and mysteries
The ocean lives a cyclical life, and at low tide you can get close enough to the gaping funnel to make out the numerous mussels lining the inner walls of the hole. However, the calmness of the hole can be quite deceiving.
It is not recommended to come very close to it, you can not calculate the moment of the tide and the element will suck in a person before he has time to jump back to a safe distance. The gateway to the underworld is best viewed about an hour before high tide or an hour after it.
The depth of the depression is estimated at 6.1 meters (20 feet). The well was discovered a long time ago, but it will go down and inspect, which has not yet been possible for anyone inside. It is believed that the Torah was originally a karst cave, the vaults of which collapsed due to constant water erosion. Many photos exaggerate the actual borehole diameter, which is actually only about 3 meters (10 feet).
At high tide, water pours down the well of Thor at high speed, filling it to the bottom, then in an instant shoots a fountain to a height of 6.1 m (20 ft), the salty spray of which scatters to the sides.
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Then the water is sucked back into the hole just as quickly. Scientists have tried several times to figure out where the huge streams of water go, but the harsh ocean does not allow them to come close.
The mysterious legend of the "gates of hell"
The well of Thor is associated with the legend of the love of a young couple who met every day in the bowels of the crater. Many envied their feelings, and one day they whispered to the girl that her lover was cheating on her. The beauty killed her beloved. Thor, the god of thunder, became a witness to the crime. He got angry and instantly turned the bloody streams into a stream of lava, which created a gaping hole in the ground and swallowed the guy's body. The cave has long been a reminder of the tragedy and warns that all atrocities are punishable.
