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Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway

Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam's is the largest morning glory spillway all over the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it swallows a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s).

 

Lake Berryessa
Lake Berryessa

Lake Berryessa

Lake Berryessa

Lake Berryessa

The distance from the funnel to the exit point - which is situated in the south side of the canyon - is about 700 feet.  This type of spillway is basically a giant cement funnel. The hole's largest diameter is 72 feet and narrows to about 28 feet. For obvious reasons, swimming near the glory hole is both prohibited and stupid. There are buoys strung across the lake to discourage boaters and swimmers from approaching the glory hole and the dam. Furthermore, the glory hole is well fenced off from the land. 

 Monticello Dam

Monticello Dam Water Hole

Lake Berryessa

Lake Berryessa Spillway

 


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+2 #1 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — NULL 2007-06-18 00:55
it is very good
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+2 #2 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — amritsingh 2007-06-18 02:46
:-) :-) :-) wow wot a pic... i see where they got the idea from in the scene from the fantastic 4....
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0 #3 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — cschilweri 2007-06-18 09:15
Beautiful
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0 #4 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — pappe 2007-06-18 09:59
:zzz what god's creation,
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+4 #5 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — rahmanlutfar 2007-06-18 10:07
awesome...what happen when anybody fallen in that hole?
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+1 #6 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — omsaber 2007-06-18 11:57
:P
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+3 #7 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — sheldekar 2007-06-18 14:25
good one
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+2 #8 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — raju.kt 2007-06-18 15:24
An engineering marvel! Not sure if a similar spillway exists elsewhere.
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+1 #9 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — bibbu 2007-06-18 15:27
greatness of nature----awsome :P
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0 #10 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — lady 2007-06-18 19:35
thank you
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0 #11 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — nimsriran 2007-06-18 21:12
An unusual spillway indeed. Quite engaging. Thank you.
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+1 #12 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — trina 2007-06-18 21:47
just give these pics a look...u'll love it
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-1 #13 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — trina 2007-06-18 21:48
chech out these pics...u'll love them
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0 #14 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — sdi 2007-06-19 17:51
:cry:
i want to go there??????
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0 #15 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — gaggar 2007-06-20 00:48
amazing and beautiful
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0 #16 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — mallakkara 2007-06-20 22:18
Nice one.........
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0 #17 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — araumo_p6 2007-06-21 07:17
great scenes! great engineering thought!
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0 #18 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — san1934 2007-06-22 04:33
see what a brain of a man can do?
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0 #19 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — sun_r4u 2007-06-25 16:35
v.Nice :-)
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0 #20 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Sisanda 2007-06-26 17:44
Its so pretty,I like it, very much
I'd like to watch it.
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0 #21 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — vannguyen 2007-07-06 21:17
vannguyenusa@sb cglobal.net
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0 #22 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — vannguyen 2007-07-06 22:45
:P it's beautiful
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0 #23 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — nirbhaya.sawe 2007-08-06 20:32
wow.................!!!!! :eek: :-? how is it possible??............... :eek:
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+1 #24 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — merciaangelo 2007-09-24 05:39
Its Beautiful Angelo
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0 #25 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — rahi503 2007-09-24 12:14
bahoot khub hai ye tasweeren
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0 #26 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — gr.boroomand 2007-09-24 17:58
Very wisdome!geting rid of opratory or machinery fault.
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0 #27 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — appanda 2007-09-25 01:01
It is a "state-of-the-art" in Civil Engineering.I could think of conceptualising this as a flood control measure(althoug h it is too expensive) where incessant rains and spating of rivers cause devastating effects in monsoon.
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+2 #28 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — rchauhan_101285 2007-09-25 10:56
its wonderful
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0 #29 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — ndorairaj 2007-09-26 07:13
AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL
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0 #30 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Raut 2007-09-26 10:05
Its beautiful
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0 #31 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — sandeepkumar123ind 2007-09-26 12:25
:-)
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-1 #32 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — basavannarajesh 2007-09-26 15:30
really fantastic
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0 #33 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — zila76 2007-10-18 08:46
nice picture.
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0 #34 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — sayedarif049 2008-06-02 03:50
good morning how u do all of u, have nice day n enjoy it
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0 #35 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — sayedarif049 2008-06-02 03:50
tkac cr
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0 #36 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — yogeshagowda 2008-06-02 13:34
good
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-1 #37 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — abdullah_bashir 2008-06-06 16:01
thats really crazy
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0 #38 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — masihaustin80 2008-06-06 17:05
:roll: :eek: Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway
Written by abdullah_bashir on 2008-06-06
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+2 #39 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — pr_kumar81 2008-07-17 02:48
:eek: :eek: :eek:
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0 #40 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — praveencusat 2008-07-25 23:45
I think this is a nice way to reduce pressure on dams
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0 #41 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — unni_feroke 2009-05-27 06:12
good :sigh:
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0 #42 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — saif ameer 2009-05-27 09:50
hi every one
amazinnnnnnnnnn nnng
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0 #43 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — SUHAS65 2009-05-27 11:55
nice,good engineering.it shows human instinct to overcome nature.
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0 #44 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — muhdliya 2009-05-27 23:02
fentastic expect more
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-1 #45 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — greatindiatrue 2009-09-14 11:10
fantastic article. we too hav the spillway dam in himachal pradesh just ahead of mandi
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0 #46 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — vaidya.mohan 2009-09-15 12:10
wonderfullsssss ssssssssssssss
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0 #47 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — mominrj 2010-03-30 14:59
WOW
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0 #48 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — shasikumar 2010-03-31 15:37
Wow
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+1 #49 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — spinner 2010-07-29 21:51
what happens if someone falls in it? :-?
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0 #50 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — rajender dave 2010-09-13 09:47
wonderfull construction
best of photos in my collection
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0 #51 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — rohit 2010-09-13 10:23
superbb...it is the best of engineering in the world.....good one
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0 #52 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Joseph John 2010-09-13 12:03
It very amazing to see this but also scarys me.
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0 #53 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway- fantastic one — Binu Dinesan 2010-09-13 12:27
It is amazing and fantastic one
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0 #54 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — curmudgeon 2010-09-13 13:29
OMG!!!hv nybdy fell insyd??? :eek:
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0 #55 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — rishu jain 2010-09-13 13:50
Oh WOW :-) :-)
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0 #56 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — K R Nagaraja Rao 2010-09-13 14:48
This is really magnificient creation by a man. The photography is also fine. Where does the water go from the funnel ? Although I visited California twice I could not see it. Let me take a chance during my next.:roll:- K R Nagraja Rao, Bangalore
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+1 #57 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Nikhil 2010-09-13 15:15
i bet it can be used to generate electricity too !!

any takers ?
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+1 #58 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Nikhil 2010-09-13 15:15
i bet it can be used to generate electricity too !!

any takers ?
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0 #59 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Maahi 2010-09-14 11:39
Marvellous............. :eek:
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0 #60 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — kushu 2010-09-14 15:12
:roll: :D 8) good idea
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0 #61 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — anuarsharifsulaiman 2010-09-15 00:59
nice pic
:-)
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0 #62 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — anuarsharifsulaiman 2010-09-15 01:01
nice pic
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+1 #63 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — ravi 2010-09-15 10:31
Lovely collection
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0 #64 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Manoj kuma bhattarai 2010-09-17 00:31
waoooo...wht a pic!!!!!!!
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0 #65 AWESOME!!! — patnclaire 2010-09-17 01:26
I love to try and jump through that whole,i think it will be an awesome experience 8)
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0 #66 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Mukhtar Qazi 2010-09-17 09:48
Lot of thanks for sending these Marvellous collections.
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0 #67 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — manoharan 2010-09-17 16:18
Beautiful. Is there any other reasons for that kind of spillway?
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-1 #68 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Manecksha 2010-09-17 21:31
Gods creation is always beautiful and ever lasting
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0 #69 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — saira banu 2010-09-19 06:44
oh!!!!!!!!!!!!
how beautiful it is. :-? :-*
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0 #70 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — lacoast 2010-09-20 13:40
fentastic expect more
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0 #71 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — bhargujaya 2010-09-21 20:40
:-* awesome
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0 #72 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Suresh 2010-09-27 23:33
Thanks for the information. Its a really innovative and challenging engineering work
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+1 #73 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Batool Ali 2010-09-28 18:36
IT IS SOOOOOO..... beautiful....I like it sooooooo....... much....
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0 #74 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — swellmel 2010-10-02 06:56
I have seen skate borders in side the glory hole when the water was not going over the side krazy man.
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0 #75 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — brian t 2010-10-16 04:28
IThat would be a wild ride to get sucked down the glory hole and get spit out on the other end. Just wonder if i can hold my breath for the ride. That'd AWESOME.
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0 #76 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — someoneelse 2010-12-10 04:09
Quoting pappe:
:zzz what god's creation,

Its not in God's creation. It is Man's creation. God created Man, Man created Spillway.

(But it would be really fun to jump in! At least, until you DIE!)
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-1 #77 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Ahmed 2011-01-06 03:10
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Great Engineering!!!!
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0 #78 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Lee Anne 2011-04-03 07:32
This particular "glory hole" did see one suicide. A lady got into it and came out at the bottom. She was quite dead. The water pressure alone would be enough to crush a person enough so they couldn't breathe.
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0 #79 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — Filbert Resurreccion 2011-05-09 06:57
Great engineering!
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0 #80 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — andrijanto 2011-07-17 18:25
I think this is big structure. But, I could be appreciated if you would like to go to http:\jatiluhur dam.wordpress.com and there you will find the biggest morning glory in the world with 90 m diameter and 110 m height. And the only one in the world with the power house inside.
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0 #81 Lake Berryessa - Morning Glory Spillway — andrijanto 2011-07-17 18:27
Great engineering. But, i would be appreciated if you would like to open http:\jatiluhur dam.wordpress.com that will show you the biggest one in the world.
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