2009-09-26

ball, fountain, kugelbrunnen

Wonderball

Incredibly, the ball in the middle of this fountain rotates. There is no way the water has enough force to do this. Either the fountain was designed by Uri Geller, or there is some hidden mechanism causing it to move.

Update: No cheating, no Uri Geller — the 4 ton granite ball rotates by the force of the water alone. The fountain was created by Christian Tobin (Mayer) in 1985.
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Location: Sankt Wendel, Germany

13 comments:

  1. Unseen India ToursSeptember 26, 2009 at 8:08 AM

    Beautiful shot !! This is amazing !!Unseen Rajasthan

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2009 at 8:11 AM

    que buena onda de fuente, aqui hay una asi... bueno, dice la placa que es el mismo mecanismo, pero lo cierto es que nunca tiene agua =0S
    que bonita se ve.. cuando si sirve!...

    me encanta!

    un beso

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  3. Antoni IllaSeptember 26, 2009 at 9:17 AM

    Hola es increible lo que se puede hacer con agua.
    salud

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  4. jooSeptember 26, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    Beautiful fountain with this ball floating - nice shot.
    Have a great weekend:)

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  5. Buenos Aires PhotoblogSeptember 26, 2009 at 11:51 AM

    Hydraulic is fascinating. It's just simple physics. Beautiful fountain!

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  6. icalSeptember 26, 2009 at 5:47 PM

    4 ton granite?? you gotta be kidding me.

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  7. webruciSeptember 26, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    Great ball:)
    Beautiful shoot. I like how the light mirror in the top of the stoneball.

    Have a nice weekend.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2009 at 3:30 AM

    This is special!

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  9. Don and KriseSeptember 27, 2009 at 3:42 AM

    It's amazing isn't it? As smooth as that ball is, it doesn't take much force at all to move it. There's one in Seattle I've seen before. You get to move it by hand.

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  10. UnknownSeptember 27, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    This is just super!!!

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  11. AdaSeptember 28, 2009 at 12:32 AM

    J'ai vu moi aussi une boule tournante dans l'eau pareille a celle-ci... mais ou?! Au Parc de la Vilette? Je ne me rappelle plus.
    Memoria fragilis ;)
    Je ne comprends pas comment c'est possible.. La science c'est parfois de la magie noire.

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  12. valeriaSeptember 28, 2009 at 8:12 PM

    Very interesting fountain, I love it, that's a clever mechanism!

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  13. Gerald (SK14)September 29, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    fascinating stuff - not seen any before

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