Hello friends! welcome back with new interesting, curious topic. Today our
topic is more interesting because we are heading towards the Leh-Ladakh in
Himalaya ranges.
So, keep your car neutral, shutdown your car engine; you will be drive
automatically uphill !!! does it sounds good?
Yes! I am talking about Himalayan wonder, magnetic hill located in Himalaya,
near Leh in Ladakh.
On the Srinagar-Leh highway, you will come across the board which grabs your
attention! And you will be urged to experience the most interesting experience
which is it famous for.
On that highway, you will clearly see the road going uphill(upwards). Although you kept your car neutral, and switching off your car’s engine, your car will be drive automatically uphill at the speed of 20km/hr. This place is known as magnetic hill; Gravity defying magnetic hill. Is that interesting?
Myths
Local villagers believe that once upon a time there was a road which
directly led to heaven. Some people believe that the hill has some kind of
divine power.
According to villagers, the aeroplanes, helicopters passing over it; they
have to increase there altitude otherwise the greater magnetic force will grab
them, resulting them to falling downwards.
Some believe that it was just tale because they don’t know exact way to
experience that force.
As instructed on board you should park your vehicle in that white box. Some
people park there vehicle anywhere else and unable to experience. And they
think it was just a tale!
Does magnetic hill really exist?
If you look at it, its just magic of science; lets unravel this mystery!
Simple trick to test the magnetic hill by plastic bottle. Because plastic
does not have any magnet attracting properties. If you put plastic bottle on
that road it will also move upwards in the way car moving!
This is the game of optical illusion. Nothing other than that. Actually, the
road is downhill, by illusion it made us believe that the road is uphill and it
attracts the cars uphill. Which mean very slight downhill road appears uphill
because of illusion.
Why illusion occurs?
This is purely natural optical effect.
Well, this optical illusion occurs due to obstructed horizon. Horizon is
obstructed due to surrounding because the area is surrounded by mountains.
Without horizon we are unable to justify the road was uphill or downhill
because our mind uses horizon as a reliable reference.
If you see that road in wider perspective, you realize that the road was
slightly downwards.
Same concepts materialize with pilot because they are unable to see their
horizon, without electronic gadgets and navigators they wouldn’t able to tell
in which way their Aeroplane moving either downwards, upwards or straight!!!
Existence of other magnetic hills
Well, Ladakh is not only place to have magnetic hill. We can experience same
effect in Tulsishyam and Kutch district in Gujrat, Surguja and Kabirdham
districts in Chhattisgarh, and even in our Mumbai’s Jogeshwari Vikhroli link
road.
Magnetic hill in Orroroo Australia, Liaoning in china, spook hill in south
Korea, henry hill in united states are some other examples of magnetic hills in
world.
So, this is enough for today. We will meet in next interesting topic. Stay
tuned.
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