July 29, 2014

Amazing...

... swimming pools.

11 comments:

George M. Spencer said...

It's the outdoor pool at Hearst Castle, not the indoor one, that's the ultimate mindblower. It overlooks a valley and a mountain range and was used in Ben-Hur (?) as the site of emperor's pool

MadisonMan said...

Only some of which you could actually swim in.

Leon said...

St George is correct about the mindblowingness of the outdoor pool but the indoor one is pretty good too. it is almost impossible to take a bad picture of the indoor one it's just that beautiful.

Ann Althouse said...

Some of them are terrifying.

The Drill SGT said...

The outdoor (Roman) pool is the winner. At the right time of the year (sun aligned) and the right day (good sunset through the Roman arches), it is truly epic.

phantommut said...

As an engineer, you'd have a hard time getting me into the elevated glass-fronted pools. There is no non-catastrophic failure mode there. (The golden pool in Tibet, however...)

Ann Althouse said...

Golden pool makes me think of people peeing in the pool.

Freeman Hunt said...

I disliked nearly all of these. Especially the living room one. Who wants to smell pool water all the time? As for most of them, who wants to swim in a scary pool? Who wants the visual effect of swimming in blood or urine? Terrible.

Bob Ellison said...

I can't tell from the picture of the 1-km-long pool in Chile how people get from the hotel to the beach. Must they swim across, or do they have little boats?

Way off-topic: that Guardian page had a link to an interesting article about Richard Dawkins, arrogant crank.

Peter said...

"The Crystal Lagoon at the San Alfonso del Mar resort, Chile, is the world's largest pool – it is more than a kilometre long and holds 250m litres of water."

Yes, but if a kid poops in it, do they flush and replace all the water? Or just scoop it out and dump in another bottle of Clorox?

Guildofcannonballs said...

A guy I have heard of, I have never met him but I have been invited to his house while he was out of town, has a sweet indoor pool with a retractable roof.

The entire roof retracts so he can see the stars or whatever.

This is 20 miles from Madison.

My friend made the best Bloody Mary I have ever had. Cheapy Vodka considering the place, but fresh asparagus and spices galore. 3 olives.