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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"photography",<br>"author":"fivealive55",<br>"permlink":"exploring-a-massive-dam-spillway",<br>"title":"Exploring a massive dam spillway",<br>"body":"![glorytwovar.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmZLjdyU7W5KYwsGycMYRfq4mopsruLzSkWGx96bg2hr6q\/glorytwovar.jpg)\nLooking up from the bottom of the spillway chute. \n\nA few years ago I saw a skate video where these guys were skating inside of a massive full pipe. I looked online and found out they were inside of the Monticello dam spillway on Lake Berryessa in Napa county,<br> California. I was only a few hours south at the time so I immediately made plans to head up there. I really dig tunnel photography,<br> and with the size of this one,<br> it was bound to produce interesting results. \n\nThe opening to the spillway is not easy to get to,<br> it is surrounded by very steep terrain and there is no good way to hike to it. We decided to use a blow up raft and paddle our way up the creek to the spillway.\n\n![Screen Shot 2017-12-20 at 8.19.21 PM copy.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmZP1PsudB8p86vkb8fnK759DBhXVTWBHp99LbeGzKJd66\/Screen%20Shot%202017-12-20%20at%208.19.21%20PM%20copy.jpg)\nThe spillway outfall is circled in red,<br> you can also see the \u201cglory hole\u201d which is the top of the spillway chute I am looking up in the first photo\n\n![14291401026_fcd13bd11b_o copy.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmU4qqpN8rtabapaA6RVCqFvRW9Lg6uRMC7cZxUxS9SJSg\/14291401026_fcd13bd11b_o%20copy.jpg)\nI took this shot looking at the massive dam while standing near the spillway outfall\n\n![outfall2.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmUXGfKWJD1ChdpvoyaUxXvqLjFTXh4shKi6uTMGr1SrQE\/outfall2.jpg)\nWalking into the outfall\n\n![14154602256_d64c8b75f9_o.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbC9LW2Dr4uQ8zjCjgJMjEzhsxno1ZDFvDReW77XFZfgs\/14154602256_d64c8b75f9_o.jpg)\nLooking back out from inside the huge pipe\n\nThanks to El Nino,<br> this past spring the water level was high enough for the spillway to be active after being dry for over a decade. I decided to go back and check it out. \n\n![IMG_7865 copy.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmNw4XBroEq9bX1FdTNMvpX5An9u9D7Knurpz6h6AZbtKv\/IMG_7865%20copy.jpg)\nGlory hole in action for the first time in over a decade\n\n![IMG_7867 copy.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmfRsLKeghJPGWdaWgfAnR49KV5T8erPsBJLWmvUh67bev\/IMG_7867%20copy.jpg)\nView from the top of the dam\n\nI really wanted to get a shot of the water rushing out of the spillway outfall but the water was rushing so fast and hard that there was no good way to get near it with a good shooting angle. \n\n![IMG_7906 copy.jpg (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQcLpFbqo1i4h8X9ndXUW2W7zXoXX6xt62468UEmTufDZ\/IMG_7906%20copy.jpg)\nBonus shot of a nearby puddle reflection,<br> I can never pass up a good reflection opportunity! \n\n[\/\/ :# (!steemitworldmap 38.513003 lat -122.103397 long Monticello Dam d3scr)",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"photography\",<br>\"adventure\",<br>\"art\",<br>\"travel\",<br>\"urbex\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmZLjdyU7W5KYwsGycMYRfq4mopsruLzSkWGx96bg2hr6q\/glorytwovar.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmZP1PsudB8p86vkb8fnK759DBhXVTWBHp99LbeGzKJd66\/Screen%20Shot%202017-12-20%20at%208.19.21%20PM%20copy.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmU4qqpN8rtabapaA6RVCqFvRW9Lg6uRMC7cZxUxS9SJSg\/14291401026_fcd13bd11b_o%20copy.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmUXGfKWJD1ChdpvoyaUxXvqLjFTXh4shKi6uTMGr1SrQE\/outfall2.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbC9LW2Dr4uQ8zjCjgJMjEzhsxno1ZDFvDReW77XFZfgs\/14154602256_d64c8b75f9_o.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmNw4XBroEq9bX1FdTNMvpX5An9u9D7Knurpz6h6AZbtKv\/IMG_7865%20copy.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmfRsLKeghJPGWdaWgfAnR49KV5T8erPsBJLWmvUh67bev\/IMG_7867%20copy.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQcLpFbqo1i4h8X9ndXUW2W7zXoXX6xt62468UEmTufDZ\/IMG_7906%20copy.jpg\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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