Worlds Largest Pool San Alfonso

Facts:

• man-made
• 3,324-foot
• long salt water lagoon
• Commpleted in December 2006
• pool cost about $1.5 billion
• covers more than 19 acres
• 66 million gallons of water
• depth of 115 feet
• maintenance costs around $4 million per year
• temperature of about 80F

For a while people thought it was a hoax. A picture that was photoshop’d and then sent around in an email.

Well it is actually in the Guinness book of world records.

“The largest swimming pool in the world is the San Alfonso del Mar seawater pool in Algarrobo, Chile. It is 1,013 m (3,324 ft) long and has an area of 8 ha (19.77 acre), it was completed in December 2006.” Read more here

I went searching for it on google maps just to be sure its real. You know today nothing is real unless it is found on google.
Whats that ole philosophical thought? “If a tree falls and know one is there to hear it dose it make a sound”. Well today in school I heard this question “If a web site is published but google doesn’t crawl it is it really published”. well I found this one on google maps so it must be real.
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