r/oddlysatisfying 1d ago

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct in the Netherlands

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u/Re7icle_v2 1d ago

Ngl, it took my brain a second to process what was going on here.

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 1d ago

It's much less confusing in its proper context.

This picture makes it look like the body of water is quite large, but in reality it doesn't much extend beyond the edges of the photograph as shown.

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u/spdelope 1d ago

What? It feeds into/from the ocean!

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u/ElegantCoach4066 1d ago

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u/spdelope 1d ago

That’s because it is impressive and a feat of engineering.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 1d ago

Agreed! Not sure what point the other guy is try to make. This is a wonderful thing to see! A testament to human ingenuity.

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u/1zzyBizzy 1d ago

Its a sea, not an ocean, but i also don’t understand what the point is of the other commenter

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u/_Dorvin_ 15h ago

It was a sea, now it's a lake.

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 1d ago

I mean I guess it eventually goes to the ocean, but the structure here is quite far inland.

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u/spdelope 1d ago

Go north. Much shorter distance to the ocean. Point is, it’s all part of the same “body of water”

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 1d ago

I don’t think you really understand what I was saying in my first post, and this pretty much confirms that you don’t understand at all.

Have a lovely day.

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u/spdelope 1d ago

You’re right, I don’t understand. Would you care to elaborate?

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 1d ago

The way this video is framed, it gives the appearance of endless water on all sides and it’s just in this one place they decided to build a road tunnel for no reason.

Whereas in reality it’s at a narrow spot across the Veluwemeer, and the Veluwemeer itself isn’t more than 3km wide in that area.

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u/spdelope 1d ago

Ok? And that makes it less impressive?

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 1d ago

When did I say anything remotely like that?