Thursday, 7 June 2012

The Devil's Pool!!

 The Devil's Pool is possibly the world's most dangerous pool as it is situated on top of Victoria Falls. Located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa, there are also various hippos and crocodiles inhabiting the Zambezi River that forms the Victoria Falls. The Devil's Pool is known in aboriginal legend to be cursed by a female spirit looking for her former lover. The locals believe that her calls can still be heard and are the causes of the deaths that occur there. Since 1959, there have been 17 victims from the Devil's Pool.
  

 
 David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, is believed to have been the first European to view the Victoria Falls — which he did from what is now known as 'Livingstone Island' in Zambia, the only land accessible in the middle of the falls. David Livingstone gave the falls the name 'Victoria Falls' in honor of his Queen.
  

It is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, it is claimed to be the largest. This claim is based on a width of 1,708 meters (5,604 ft) and height of 108 meters (354 ft), forming the largest sheet of falling water in the world.


The Devil’s Pool on the Zambia side of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River has both the illusion of danger and the cold-reality-of-imminent-death danger if something goes wrong. Perched on the edge of the 360-foot torrent, the pool is a deep depression in the rock just upriver of the lip. In high-water months, it’s suicide, but from September to December the water is low enough to turn it into the world’s sketchiest jacuzzi.


















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