Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Volcano Fountain


There are several of these fountains at Parque das Nações, Lisbon, and they usually 'explode' from time to time, but I waited for a couple of minutes and nothing happened, the water just kept running down the wall.

28 comments:

Kovács Miklós said...

Yeah, those are really funny fountains I remember for them. Vera good shot. Greetings.

Sharon said...

I bet it was making a soothing sound of rushing water.

VP said...

This kind of fountain is very nice, but often mischievous...

ArtandArchitecture-SF.com said...

Wow, even so, they are really stunning, great shot.

TexWisGirl said...

rather pretty!

Judy said...

I like this fountain and I like the way you composed this. The sound must be like music.

LOLfromPasa said...

Interesting design. The first fountain I have seen like that. Like the layout (I mean, composition) of your shot. Super!

Merisi said...

I bet it explodes as soon as you turned your back to it!

cieldequimper said...

Brilliant. Perhaps a couple of minutes wasn't enough? :-)

RedPat said...

I like how the water is bouncing down the sides - seems happy!

Unknown said...

Da gusto haberte encontrado, muestras unos sitios bien bonitos, me ha gustado que te haya gustado el milano.
Un saludo

orvokki said...

It is a very special fountain. It's a shame you did not see it in full swing.

Shaun said...

I bet those fountains at dusk with a slow shutter would look stunning. Not this photo isn't anyway. Excellent job.

Anonymous said...

very cool fountain!

Kay said...

This looks fine in its "normal" mode. Who knows what risks there might be to your camera if there's a real explosion of water?!

Randy said...

I love it!

Jack said...

It is a nice photograph, but I imagine that it exploded into a brilliant display as soon as you departed. That is the way of life!

Sami said...

I remember the kids had great fun with these fountains, getting all wet when they exploded!

Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan blogger said...

Great fountains...sound like patience-testers!

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Stefan Jansson said...

A fun fountain.

Lowell said...

That could be scary if you were walking by and all of a sudden heard "Kaboom!" and found yourself drenched with water. :)

Calendula said...

That fountains looks interesting! The water refreshes the air. Great!

Laura. M said...

La veré:)) De momento vamos a Nazare. Después a Lisboa.
Un beso.

LONDONLULU said...

It looks great unexploded too:) Must be quite the spectacle when it does!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I bet it exploded as soon as you left JM :)

Karl said...

Very unique, beautiful!

Hilda said...

Even without the "explosion," this is still a fascinating fountain. But I do hope you catch the explosion one of these days.

Cezar and Léia said...

I tend to get hypnotized by such fountains! :)
God bless you!
Cezar