Just south of the small village Vik in Sweden you will find a geological formation thought to be a sand volcano which is formed when trapped water is pushed up through the bottom and a cone of sand is formed.



This cone then collapsed into itself before it was hardened and created the formation. This happened half a billion years ago.
The English term for this formation is "funnel graben".



There are about 100 of these in the Österlen area, but only this one is visible so it can be studied.



It got its name from a legend telling that a local priest used to take his bath in the formation.



The sandstone in the area is covered with marks from the fossil worm Diplocraterion parallellum.

Captured with my Mavic Air.

Excellent shots

Hello and good day AIRQUAD. Thank you for sharing these impressive shots you have captured. The view from above is amazing. Great work.

Superb photos - have never heard of funnel graben before, so thanks for the info.

A J Posted at 9-28 02:43
Excellent shots

Thank you very much AJ

DJI Stephen Posted at 9-28 07:27
Hello and good day AIRQUAD. Thank you for sharing these impressive shots you have captured. The view from above is amazing. Great work.

Thank you very much Stephen

ChrisJG Posted at 9-28 08:20
Superb photos - have never heard of funnel graben before, so thanks for the info.

Thank you very much Chris

AIRQUAD Posted at 9-28 08:48
Thank you very much AJ

You're welcome

Thanks for the photos and stories thanks to that the image is complete

P3KoYoT Posted at 9-29 00:13
Thanks for the photos and stories thanks to that the image is complete

Thank you very much and you're welcome

Interesting! Nice captures

maddox Posted at 9-29 04:25
Interesting! Nice captures

Thank you very much maddox

AIRQUAD Posted at 9-29 05:18
Thank you very much maddox

You're welcome

AIRQUAD Posted at 9-28 08:49
Thank you very much Stephen

You are very much welcome AIRQUAD. Please stay safe and keep on flying. .

Cool captures!

Montfrooij Posted at 9-29 23:56
Cool captures!

Thank you very much Montfrooij

AIRQUAD Posted at 9-29 23:59
Thank you very much Montfrooij

My pleasure

Awesome images, love the story behind it. Difficult to get a idea of scale, without something in there to show scale, so please tell me more. How deep, big is this about. Surrounding waters deep?
Good shots.

Charissa Posted at 9-30 00:50
Awesome images, love the story behind it. Difficult to get a idea of scale, without something in there to show scale, so please tell me more. How deep, big is this about. Surrounding waters deep?
Good shots.

Thanks Charissa
The middle section with surrounding water is about 4 meters, but as you can see in the last picture, the swirls continue underwater, but how far I do not know and I cant find anyinformation about it. The water depth in this area is not very deep just a few meters. This is the only Sand vulcan above water in the world so it is quite unique.

Awesome. Is it in a lake, or the sea?

Charissa Posted at 9-30 01:39
Awesome. Is it in a lake, or the sea?

It is located on the southern coast of Sweden

https://www.google.com/maps/plac ... 128472!4d14.2976359

AIRQUAD Posted at 9-30 01:45
It is located on the southern coast of Sweden

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Prästens+badkar/@55.6128242,14.2968189,649m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x465443b5bd61ed9b:0x6e3c66a50b18109e!8m2!3d55.6128472!4d14.2976359

Thanks. Very cool formation.

Charissa Posted at 9-30 02:09
Thanks. Very cool formation.

You're Welcome  

Very cool! Nice shots

jacksonnai Posted at 9-30 04:25
Very cool! Nice shots

Thank you very much jacksonnai

AIRQUAD Posted at 9-30 21:21
Thank you very much jacksonnai

You're welcome buddy!

Great looking shots and interesting story.

Lovely photos!!

ShermanFlyer Posted at 10-2 07:15
Great looking shots and interesting story.

Thank you very much

manolism Posted at 10-2 11:24
Lovely photos!!

Thank you very much

AIRQUAD Posted at 10-3 20:12
Thank you very much

You’re very welcome

Nice shots.

ernie_e Posted at 1-23 08:55
Nice shots.

Thank you very much Ernie