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Today’s Pic: The World’s Largest Pool

Posted by Janelle Nanos on March 22, 2010
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Have you ever gone sailing in a pool? It’s possible in Chile, according to our friends at National Geographic‘s Blog Central:

Covering 20 acres and stretching half a mile, the swimming hole at Chile’s San Alfonso del Mar resort is a 115-foot-deep, 66-milliongallon monster. (An Olympic-size pool is “only” 164 feet long, 6 feet 7 inches deep, 660,000 gallons.) Built for $3.5 million by the Chilean firm Crystal Lagoons, which aims to open an even vaster version in the Egyptian desert, the pool has delighted resort guests and curiosity seekers since 2007.

Pumped in from the Pacific, the water in this Chilean pool is 16°F warmer than the ocean. Photo: Eliseo Fernandez, Reuters.

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  1. Neil
    March 23, 2010, 2:53 pm

    There’s an even bigger pool just to the right in that photo…

  2. jedweb
    March 31, 2010, 2:50 pm

    That photo looks rather fake.

  3. tho
    April 6, 2010, 6:07 am

    Hi
    I’ ve been in Chile 2009, it is very large really.

  4. impotenta
    April 14, 2010, 8:29 pm

    that is quite a pool :))

  5. AG Pools
    April 15, 2010, 1:38 pm

    I have seen pictures of that pool many times and it never ceases to amaze me. It is HUGE. I cannot wait to see it in person and swim in it (someday).

  6. Lauren
    May 27, 2010, 4:19 pm

    This pool is ridiculously huge. As a rule maintaining the water in big swimming pools on the proper level of cleanness is quite a challenge. I cannot image the quality of water in this pool giant – don’t forget it’s a public pool and anyone can swim in it.

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    July 5, 2010, 11:14 pm

    WOAH! That swimming pool is really huge, i wish i could swim there.

  8. Coconut Palm
    July 16, 2010, 12:53 pm

    Great post. Great pool. This pool is equivalent in size to about 6000 regular domestic pools. I would love to swim there one day.

  9. Pete
    August 8, 2010, 1:43 pm

    That looks pretty cool, now they just need a retractable pool enclosures for rainy days.

  10. Andy
    August 8, 2010, 3:41 pm

    Laura,
    Its not a public pool, I used to live next to there for years. You have to own a timeshare to use it (or pretend to buy one)

  11. josef
    August 15, 2010, 3:55 pm

    How a management of this pool could manage quality of water specially in summers there is sunshine.I can’t imagine how a pool enclosures can cover such a big pool.It really really very very big.

  12. Jason
    August 17, 2010, 10:36 am

    Look at the size of that pool! The arial picture looks real good. Will be planning a fishing trip there soon and will sure check that pool out.
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  13. live footy
    September 29, 2010, 4:48 pm

    Geeez that would be ace to swim in there but I wonder how long it would take to clean something like that or what the cost would be lol

  14. Michael Madsen
    September 29, 2010, 4:53 pm

    This pool is part of a timeshare which I find a tiny bit like blackmail lol but tbh the sea is only 5 mins away :) watch live football

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    November 8, 2010, 4:21 pm

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    Stunning… but not environmentally friendly. The chemicals and energy use alone would be staggering.

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  22. Get Rid Of Timeshare
    January 14, 2011, 12:54 pm

    That has to be the coolest swimming pool I have ever seen in my life, the development even has its own little private beaches.

  23. TheTruthVibrations
    January 14, 2011, 12:59 pm

    When I first looked at this picture I thought that the swimming pool was a natural cove that had been used for a pool, but a closer look actually shows it is a real swimming pool!
    I would love to swim in that.

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    January 14, 2011, 10:57 pm

    Simply stunning. I wonder if anyone has swam the pool end to end without stopping.

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    January 20, 2011, 5:57 am

    This pool is ridiculously large. As a general rule keep the water in large pools at the appropriate level of cleanliness is a challenge. I can not imagine the quality of water in this big pool – do not forget it’s a public pool and anyone can swim in it. I agree with you 90%… It is all true

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