Thursday 25 September 2014

Y-40 Deep Joy Pool equals a 12-story building


A new pool in Italy holds a world record for the deepest swimming pool ever built and has depths equivalent to a 12-story building. 

Straight from Fox News; Y-40 Deep Joy pool is a terrifying 137-feet deep and 59-feet wide. Housed on the grounds of Hotel Terme Millepini near Padua, Italy was designed by architect Emanuele Boaretto, who wanted "to build the best swimming pool in the world."

In June, the Guinness World Records-certified it as the world's deepest swimming pool for scuba diving.  It also has several intermediate depths ranging from 4-feet deep to 40-feet, before plummeting the whole 137 feet. it also has underwater caves for cave diving beginners and a transparent tunnel 16 ft. down where visitors can view the action down below. 

According to Guinness, the pool holds 1,135,939 gallons of thermal water and is kept at a comfortable 89.6-93.2 °F. Y-40 Deep Joy pool is currently "used for dive training, leisure diving and scientific research."

 
Click to Watch the Pool

Source - News.com.au

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