The lake is situated halfway between Santa Rosa and Sacramento, and travelers on Highway in Solano County have been stopping to watch the giant funnel that is built into the lake siphon rushing water into a deep hole. Lake Berryessa normally holds about 1 million acre-feet of water, said Roland Sanford, a general manager for the Solano County Water Agency. But a series of winter storms , many fueled by atmospheric rivers , have dumped nearly , gallons of additional water into the lake, which is about 45 miles west of Sacramento. Sanford estimates the lake is currently holding 1. If it keeps raining through March, the spillway will be active for about three months, he said. A new storm was rolling its way across the state Tuesday and was expected to bring plenty of additional rain to the area.
This poor duck was sucked 200 feet down into the Lake Berryessa Glory Hole
Glory, be! Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole is spilling over - kartavarna.com
The video which was uploaded to Gfycat, was posted on Reddit, where it gained a mass of popularity. Lake Berryessa can hold around billion gallons of water before the excess begins to flow into the spillway. It was reported that Ms Schwalek was swimming towards to gaping hole and spent 20 minutes gripping on to the edge before dropping out of sight. Footage of the crater has been viewed almost 1. Conspiracy theorists have suggested it was caused by a UFO or extraterrestrial life, whereas others have said it was left by a meteor that hit Earth.
Watch What Happens When a 'Glory Hole' Opens in Lake Berryessa
Richard Branson and a group of scientists embarked on world-first submarine expedition to the bottom of the Blue Hole. The morning glory spillway is an unofficial tourist spot after big downpours. A brave duck has become an unwitting social media star after taking on a famous drain in the Lake Berryessa reservoir in northern California. The metre-wide, metre-long drain acts as an unconventional spillway designed to funnel away water after unusually big downpours in the area. While rarely needed, the heavy rain in northern California in recent weeks has required the spillway to do its thing and even drawn tourists to the site to witness it in action.
For the second time in 12 years, the Glory Hole at Lake Berryessa is spilling over. It's good news for the Bay Area's lakes and reservoirs, but bad news for one wayward duck. Around a. Tuesday morning, a video showing a lone duck slipping into the Glory Hole was posted to a Solano County community Facebook group. The people demanded to know: What happened to the Glory Hole duck?