The Deep Well
Here is the candle lowered...nearly a thousand feet down into the well. The light at the bottom of this long, dark shaft is eerie and fascinating. Earlier, the guide poured five short splashes of water down into the well and the notable lag in the splashes (about 4.5 seconds) was even more dramatic. Workers chipped this well (all 309 meters of it) out of sandstone, working about ten years to accomplish this.
The Deep Well
Here is the candle lowered...nearly a thousand feet down into the well. The light at the bottom of this long, dark shaft is eerie and fascinating. Earlier, the guide poured five short splashes of water down into the well and the notable lag in the splashes (about 4.5 seconds) was even more dramatic. Workers chipped this well (all 309 meters of it) out of sandstone, working about ten years to accomplish this.