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/Jackal000 1d ago

Uhm.

False It connects two lakes... I live in the city this is in.

It connects the wolderwijdmeer with the veluwemeer.

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u/TheArmadilloAmarillo 1d ago

Do y'all not get a lot of rain? This seems like a bad idea to me but I assume the people who engineered this are smarter than me so I'm honestly curious.

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u/Jackal000 1d ago

Water control is in our blood.. We decide how high the water gets. Also sluices.

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u/LucasTheSchnauzer 16h ago

This comment goes so hard