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Worlds largest swimming pool,
AMAZING!
If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you
might want to stock up on the energy drinks before
diving in to this one.
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.
But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own -
and you have the space to accommodate it - then
beware: This one took five years to build, cost
nearly 1billion and the annual maintenance bill will
be 2million.
The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting
huge crowds to the San Alfonso del Mar resort at
Algarrobo, on Chile's southern coast, since it
opened last month.
Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you
can see the bottom even in the deep end.
It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the
Orthlieb - nicknamed the Big Splash - in Morocco,
which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide.
An Olympicsize pool meas ures some 50 yards by 25
yards.
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."
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All I can
say is WOW!
Thanks Pete |
