Glory Hole, Lake Berryessa

Part of the Monticello Dam, this giant funnel drains overflow water from Lake Berryessa past the dam to the river below.

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Updated May 18, 2006: This is now an award-winning photo! See my blog for more information.

Updated October 28, 2006: See this image of me posing with prints I made. The photo accompanies my article "How to get big prints out of digital images", which appeared in the Oct. 28, 2006 Seattle Times.

[Appeared in Flickr's Explore page on Jan 16, 2006.]

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ranbarton says:

Really cool shot. I like the tight framing.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

john-n says:

nice
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Topinambour says:

great abstract quality
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Spoker says:

Superb!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Stujoe says:

Love it!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Graeme Smith says:

Nice simple shot!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

jimgoldstein says:

Beautiful shot. I can see why it was noted for the EPInvitational
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

bigmuddyboots says:

I was so impressed with your photo, I put you into

my blog
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Carlson says:

Thanks, bigmuddyboots!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Belltown says:

I remember seeing this in the Times. It still looks great. Congratulations on its placement in Art's gallery.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

lensgrabber says:

Really nice work. It deserves the award.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Kevin Boydston says:

Incredible! I love it.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Gilles Marlet [deleted] says:

It seems to be like soy...
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

jodapics says:

i love the Glory Hole and have been taking pictures of it all my life.

awsome shot! Did you have to squeeze your lens through the fence?
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Carlson says:

@jodapics Yes, it just fit!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

espressoDOM says:

wow this is your most interesting photo as deemed by flickr....
very cool shot

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Seen on flickriver.com (?)
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Cap'n Surly says:

Fantastic, wow!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Jordan Shugart says:

As soon as I saw this I recognized it as the glory hole. I'm from close by and go to visit it sometimes. Awesome shot.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Dan Edelstein says:

very cool shot! you must've gotten pretty close to it.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

culourdrms says:

Your clever capture of stunning colors before they got sucked under,,,, purely genius!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve Arnett says:

That's incredible. Very nice color.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

AmbientFocus says:

I joined flickr only a couple of months ago and just recently did some exploring when I came across your photo. I took a very similar picture March 6, 2006 and just thought I would share it with you. Congratulations on your award.

Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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