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Post subject: Chilly Chile
 Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:42 PM
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If you like peeing in the swimming pool, you might want to pass on the restroom 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 "paddy" 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 wanting "change" 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 measures 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 (245 degrees fahrenheit), nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.
Chilly 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. We can have 1000 swimmers pee in this pool all at the same time and the water is still safe to drink' |
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Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 11:54 PM
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| interesting... although I don't know anyone who would drink saltwater on purpose. |
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Posted: Jun 11, 2008 - 07:59 PM
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| Looks like you could even sail a boat in that thing! |
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