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16-JAN-2011 (c) Doug Cruden

17th - Huge Gate 1

Sharpness, Glos. view map

A view of the massive lock gate at the southern end of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal where it empties into the River Severn. The Severn has the second highest tidal range of any river in the world, and from where I took this photo I was on a level with the canal (behind the gates) but you can quite clearly see the drop to the river. At a low tide as we had yesterday afternoon, there is around 48 feet (14.5m) between the river-bed and the water level in the canal

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Nikon D700 ,Nikkor 24-85mm f/2.8-4D AF
1/25s f/22.0 at 24.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time16-Jan-2011 12:00:23
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ModelNIKON D700
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Exposure Time1/25 sec
Aperturef/22
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Metering Modematrix (5)
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Marielou Dhumez21-Jan-2011 16:09
Beautiful and very interesting picture about the very large tide concerning the Severn river !
Mieke WA Minkjan19-Jan-2011 07:10
that s a huge difference in meters, I guess they wait with the locking through the ships when it is hide tide.
like your overview pov of this clever engineering
Janice Dunn18-Jan-2011 10:26
Impressive lock gate here - very clever workmanship
Cindi Smith18-Jan-2011 05:27
Wow, what a great place! This is awesome!
Timothy Guenther18-Jan-2011 01:32
Amazing. Impressive engineering.
Jola Dziubinska18-Jan-2011 00:36
Really huge and impressive.
LynnH17-Jan-2011 21:44
This is so impressive. We have very little fluctuation in tides unless there is a hurricane. Amazing! Thanks for the education.
J. Scott Coile17-Jan-2011 21:16
Quite a difference. Dramatic.
Mairéad17-Jan-2011 20:49
Wow - an impressive view of the drop.
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