Largest Swimming Pool In The World!

[Route 66]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=509718&in_page_id=1770


It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water.

Yesterday the Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world.

 

[locked&loaded]

so dumb.

 

[Route 66]

So cool. I would like to swim across that sucker.

 

[CF74]

That is nice!!!

 

[locked&loaded]

This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million.

what a waste of money, swim in the ocean or a lake.

 

[Mavs Man]

I thought the ocean was the biggest pool.

 

[Route 66]

This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million.

what a waste of money, swim in the ocean or a lake.

You dont worry about sharks in the pool. Plus I wont have to run into floating pods of whale pooage.

 

[locked&loaded]

You dont worry about sharks in the pool. Plus I wont have to run into floating pods of whale pooage.

dont have to worry about sharks in a lake either. if you run into whale poo, be on the look out for whale vomit, evidently it is worth a ton of money.

 

[Kangaroo]

I have a history of getting hit by Jelly Fish and the like in the ocean I was cursed at one time in my life lol

1st time in the ocean at 5 in Georgia stung; 3 trips to Galveston in Highschool stung all 3 times; hit in the head by a jumping fish and impaled my foot on a rock in high tides :scream:

Myrtle beach nothing; VA Beach no issues; mexico stung by Portuguese manowar.

Return trips to Gavelston now that i live in the area no issues.

For some we are cursed

Have you ever seen this one Japan an full fledge Ocean Dome

http://gojapan.about.com/cs/livinginjapan/a/oceandome.htm

 

[Mavs Man]

Have you ever seen this one Japan an full fledge Ocean Dome

http://gojapan.about.com/cs/livinginjapan/a/oceandome.htm

It's not related to Bio-Dome, is it?

:laugh2:

 

[Jin Rummy]

That's pretty ridiculous. It looks neat though.

 

[Rack]

This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million.

what a waste of money, swim in the ocean or a lake.

What the hell are you worried about? They aren't spending your money.

 

[cowboyfan4life_mark]

What the hell are you worried about? They aren't spending your money.

Don't tell me that the picture in your sig is your Charger.

If so, good job.

If not, get off your butt and make yours like that!!

 

[thekavorka]

It's a hotel/resort thing. It's their money. It's not like this was publically funded by city hall and forcing the people to pay.

I think that looks pretty badass.

 

[ArbitraryCowboysName]

Though that pools is amazingly cool, it it still a huge waste of resources.

 

[thekavorka]

Chile's monster pool uses a computer- controlled suction and filtration system to keep fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and pumping it out at the other.


The sun warms the water to 26c, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.
Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build "an impressive artificial paradise" even in inhospitable areas.


"As long as we have access to unlimited seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean."

doesn't sound like that much of a waste of resources besides the land and concrete and stuff.

 

[Rack]

Don't tell me that the picture in your sig is your Charger.

If so, good job.

If not, get off your butt and make yours like that!!

Not my charger, but I have actually done a little bit of work on it lately. I'll have some pics up soon.

 

[joseephuss]

This one took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million.

what a waste of money, swim in the ocean or a lake.

Though that pools is amazingly cool, it it still a huge waste of resources.

Kind of like that large project they have going on in Arlington right now.

I am curious. What is £1billion in US dollars?