pictures from deep within the maelstrom.

amadeus · October 23, 2007

A maelstrom (or malström) is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. The word was introduced from the Nordic form by Edgar Allan Poe in his story A Descent into the Maelstrom (1841). Actually, the Nordic word is borrowed from the Dutch maalstroom[1] which means grinding stream.

amadeus · October 23, 2007

The original Maelstrom (described by Poe and others) is the Moskstraumen, a powerful tidal current in the Lofoten Islands off the Norwegian coast.[2]

amadeus · October 23, 2007

Maelstrom in popular culture

Walt Disney Pictures' 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, features a scene in which the Black Pearl and The Flying Dutchman engage in battle in the middle of an enormous maelstrom formed after the release of Calypso, goddess of the sea.

amadeus · October 23, 2007

Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the film, described it as being "...the grandest scene in all of Cinema history

amadeus · October 23, 2007

In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Khan Noonien Singh pledges to chase James T. Kirk "'round the Antares Maelstrom" rather than give him up.

Skippy · October 24, 2007

Hi there Amadeus, still trying to figure out how your text relates to your images...... maybe I'm missing the point

I'm thinking Halloween? cause that's the go in USA and Canada at the moment.

That cars going to look good after it's finished being restored.

Thanks for sharing....... Skippy

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pictures from deep within the maelstrom.

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