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Saltstraumen Bodo, Norway

Saltstraumen is the worlds largest tidal current. The maelstrom is created in a 3 km long and 150m wide strait between Skjerstad Fjord and the Salten Fjord, 32 km from Bodo town centre.

 

400million cubic meters of water flow through Saltstraumen in about 6 hours, which is the amount of time it takes for the tides to change & the water to flow the other direction.

 

(That was a little excerpt from the informational sign posted at the site)

This picture was taken from the crest of the bridge running over these waters.

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Uploaded on March 31, 2008
Taken on March 19, 2008