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19 comments to "World’s Largest Swimming Pool"
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k
January 23rd, 2008 at
6:51 am
And people wonder why there’s global warming..
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whippersnapper
January 23rd, 2008 at
7:42 am
hmmm, let me see…
20 acres are round about 80937.1284 m² and
and filled up with 250.000 m³
The volume is footprint * height.
so the pool has to be 3m (10 ft) deep ON AVERAGE
(so i wonder, how deep has to be “deep end”
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sparge
January 23rd, 2008 at
9:02 am
But… but… there’s the ocean. Right there!
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Sid Morrison
January 23rd, 2008 at
10:09 am
Yeah, it’s neat, but it always cracks me up when I see a swimming pool right on the beach… Maybe it’s just that it’s not so common in the U.S. As a kid, I used to enjoy trips “down the shore” (guess what US state I hail from…) and there were never any pool visits involved. Pools were plentiful, but artificial, a ersatz ocean without the nice sand and waves. A trip to the shore was always (and remains) a better deal than a dunk in the pool, even a rather jumbo one like this. I can see the appeal of pools if you are far from the ocean, but it’s pretty lame to hang out in one when you’ve got reality so nearby.
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ted
January 23rd, 2008 at
10:21 am
Probably a fake beach, anyways, but still…
It’s at the mouth of a river - wonder if the ocean’s too polluted right there. There’s irony.
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K!P
January 23rd, 2008 at
11:02 am
wel some people dont like jelly fish or sharks
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littleoslo
January 23rd, 2008 at
11:17 am
whats the point to have it right next to the ocean…. so strange and silly
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Tempscire
January 23rd, 2008 at
1:20 pm
Haha. It’s right next to the beach and even uses filtered seawater. What does that say about their bit of ocean right there? (Though I must say, if the ocean water is anything like what’s in Galveston, TX, I don’t blame the pool-goers. It’s the swimming pools overlooking, say, the beautiful Caribbean that blow my mind.)
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Perra
January 23rd, 2008 at
1:54 pm
Sorry to spoil this neat post by telling you that there is a factual error in there. An olympic swimming pool is 50×25 metres and not yards (50 meters = 54.6806649 yard).
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Christophe
January 23rd, 2008 at
2:39 pm
I guess there is so much water in there that, if you pee in it, there is a chance that it will not turn bright red?
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Rachel
January 23rd, 2008 at
4:39 pm
*smacks forehead* it makes me a little ashamed of the human race when i see something like a gigantic swimming pool not even 50 feet from the ocean. and its SALTWATER too…
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Orjans Morjan
January 23rd, 2008 at
6:27 pm
No longer do you have to swim in those chlorine filled pools when you fly across the globe to get to a warmer country with seawater that is perfectly fine. Now you can swim in a pool full of natural feeling salt water.
Don’t forget to drink our bottled water that tastes like tap water, is almost as pure, has been transported several thousand kilometers and costs 1000x more!
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Lydia
January 23rd, 2008 at
7:29 pm
Is it supposed to look like Chile?
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donna
January 23rd, 2008 at
10:46 pm
That’s so stupid I’m boycotting Chile now. Seriously.
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Petrarch
January 27th, 2008 at
3:36 pm
You… just don’t get it, do you?
Chile has a practically non-existent continental shelf, making its coast extremely dangerous due to both undertow and currents.
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kim
January 28th, 2008 at
10:40 pm
I like it. I wonder what is the context. It might justify the project, like sharks, jelly fish, pollution or dangerous currents. Obviously some comments here are made by “urban-green-fanatics”, unaware of coastal dangers. It always amaze me to hear them preach without understanding the context, they are the new missionaries, ready for the Green-totalitarian-wash !!!
In Australia there are millions of beautiful beaches (palm trees, white sand, the Cliche), most of them dangerous. That’s why we have rock pools with salt water, next to the sea (Google Bondi Beach). Think about the babies, the kids and the old people, think about security and pleasure, free your mind guys !!! -
H
February 3rd, 2008 at
2:01 am
Yeah, Chile has practically no continental shelf to speak of. Walk out about 200 feet and the coast drops about 8000 feet. This causes MASSIVE undercurrents and rip tides which makes the oceans in Chile impossible to swim in. Any person, no matter how fit, would not be able to survive those rip currents and return to shore. That’s why they have that pool; to allow Chileans and tourists the oppurtunity to swim at the beach when its beach is unswimmable.
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Alex
February 3rd, 2008 at
4:08 pm
That’s a great explanation, H! Thank you.
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Salt Water Pool
March 6th, 2008 at
3:25 am
Thats an awesome looking pool, I want one
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