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A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. [ 1 ] [ clarification needed ] Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( / ˈ m eɪ l s t r ɒ m , - r ə m / MAYL -strom, -strəm ).
Moskenstraumen maelstrom from a NASA satellite image near Lofoten.Grey and blue-grey colors indicate rough seas. The Moskstraumen is located between the Lofoten Point of the island of Moskenesøya (in Moskenes Municipality) and the small island of Mosken in Værøy Municipality.
Maelstrom, a 2007 PC game; VOR: The Maelstrom, a miniature wargame; Maelstrom (Live Action Roleplaying), a live action roleplaying game run 2004–2012 by Profound Decisions; Maelstrom, a lightning-based hammer item in the video game "Dota 2" Maelstrom, a gang in Cyberpunk 2077; Maelstorm, a huge whirlpool in the Warcraft game franchise
In 1962, British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke wrote the short story "Maelstrom II" inspired by Poe's story. [12] It was first published by Playboy and can also be found in Clarke's anthology, The Wind from the Sun. The story is set in the orbit of the Moon rather than at sea.
Enough! Enough!". Aronnax immediately joins his companions as they carry out their escape plans, but as they board the submarine's skiff they realize that the Nautilus has seemingly blundered into the ocean's deadliest whirlpool, the Moskenstraumen (more commonly known as the "Maelstrom"). They escape and find refuge on an island off the coast ...
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A whirlpool is an example of the latter, namely a vortex in a body of water whose axis ends at the free surface. A vortex tube whose vortex lines are all closed will be a closed torus -like surface. A newly created vortex will promptly extend and bend so as to eliminate any open-ended vortex lines.
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