No Escape from the Pull of the Eddy (IMAGE)

ETH Zurich

No Escape from the Pull of the Eddy

Caption

In his story "A Descent into the Maelstrom," Edgar A. Poe envisioned a stable belt of foam around a maelstrom. This served as inspiration for Haller and Beron-Vera, who went on to find these belts.

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Harry Clarke, 1919

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