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World Largest Swimming Pool

>World 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, has a 115 ft deep
> end and holds 66 million gallons of water.

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

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> 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 ?billion and the annual maintenance bill will be
> ?million.

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> 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 measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.

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> 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 26 deg C, nine degrees warmer than the
> adjoining sea.

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> 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.

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