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Tuesday 06th May, 06:43 AM JST

A sightseeing boat passes by a whirlpool in the Seto Inland Sea in Tokushima Prefecture on Monday. The whirlpools are created by the ebb and flow of currents in Naruto Strait and vortexes can reach up to 20 meters in diameter, swirling at a velocity of 20 kilometers per hour.

9 Comments

  • rjd_jr at 11:10 AM JST - 6th May

    wow, great pic!

  • Sarge at 12:03 PM JST - 6th May

    It'd be an even better pic if the sightseeing boat was caught in it ha ha ha just kidding I certainly wouldn't want to see that. But I wonder how dangerous this particular whirlpool is.

  • soothsayer at 02:53 PM JST - 6th May

    How cool is that?!?! I imagine a swimmer would be in (ahem) deep trouble. I reckon you wouldn't want to be paddling a dingy into that either.

  • presidentbaka at 03:08 PM JST - 6th May

    Almost as good as the permanent one they have in Shimonoseki bay.

  • raymech1 at 03:37 PM JST - 6th May

    Cool

  • Azrael at 10:33 PM JST - 6th May

    It's Godzilla! ^0^!

  • pathat at 10:56 PM JST - 6th May

    I`ve been there. It is boring.

  • eresay at 11:25 PM JST - 6th May

    Got to agree with pathat, the occur regularly every day and are incredibly anti-climatic. As a strong swimmer and surfer, it would be quite easy to swim out of.

  • OhioDonna at 12:12 AM JST - 7th May

    Wow!

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