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Thought behind the thought
We have all been through this! When we first learn how to swim, and till we gather the courage to venture anywhere beyond 5 feet deep, we find comfort and safety at the shallow end of the pool. Here, we can try to float our body for a while, but safely touch our feet to the ground, if we can't! The confidence that comes with the knowledge that you are not going to drown shows in the way we splash with abandon there. 
But eventually, we do take the plunge, reinforce our confidence and make a serious attempt to overcome our fears our drowning. Once we befriend the water and stretch our capacities, the deep end does not seem that far or deep enough. It is at the deep end then, that we surface with grace, humbled by the enormity of the challenge that we took up and met!

About design
Swimming pools are not just places where we could have fun swimming, they are also fun to design! And it shows, in all these images of amazing pools around the world.

The pool at San Alfonso Del Mar, Chile is probably the largest pool in the world being 3000 feet long, and descending 115 feet deep as you cover the length.

The 'Infinity Pool" at Rangali Islands, Maldives seems to have no edges and visually merges with the beautiful vast ocean that it is built next to.

The pool at Ubud Hanging gardens in Bali,  Indonesia gives you a two fold, terraced experience of being above the valley as you swim, or being one with the amazing greenery in the valley.

The underground pool at Umaid Bhavan Palace , India designed lavishly beneath the 345 room palace, that was the largest private residence in the world!

A set of three pools (with cold, warm and hot water) at Intercontinental Hotel, Hongkong.

The Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa in Iceland is fed by super heated mineral rich water vented from the ground near a natural lava flow and is claimed to have healing properties.

The infinity pool at Sky park at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore  is perched at 55 stories above the ground level, offering an incredible swimming experience.

The Nemo 33 pool in Brussels, Belgium was formerly the deepest pool in the world at 108 feet. It is used for recreation , filming and diving instruction and has a system of underwater caves with temperature maintained at a constant 96 deg F.

The Ocean dome in Miyazaki, Japan is an indoor artificial beach with a simulated sky roof, artificial sand and also the world's largest wave pool.

The design of swimming pools also requires amazing technology to support it. Whether it is a temperature controlled pool atop a structure or underground , it is a feat of technology as much as it is a feat of imaginative design! Swimming pool design is therefore as much science as it is art, a challenging creative exercise!


Credit and Source of information
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/g594/worlds-18-strangest-pools/?