h a l f b a k e r yI didn't say you were on to something, I said you were on something.
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I wonder if it might be interesting to have a glass lid on part of it (no air space between water and lid) that will prevent ripples. The ripples will create a nice rippling shadow effects, so you want that on a large area of the pool, but those ripples will also distort the shadows of the fish. When the fish swim in the part of the pool with a lid on it, they will create much clearer shadows. |
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I love the play of light when the sun reflects off a swimming pool into an otherwise darkened area. |
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I like it. I wonder if you could do it with a thin sandwich of
glass containing water between them and create moire
pattern shadows below. |
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If I ever build my 'dream house', you know - the one overlooking the bush valley below with an infinity swimming pool and I have the neighbouring kangaroos and cockatoos popping by for a visit - I will try and incorporate this idea over the bbq deck area. |
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When chatting to the camera on "Grand Designs Australia" I will be sure to give credit to [bungston] and the Halfbakery. |
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I'm glad you bumped this. (+) I totally missed it somehow the first time around... |
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...and it gives me an idea. You the dude. |
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This would be very cool, in both senses. Water is very good at absorbing IR, so it would feel cooler on a sunny day without being dimmer - most excellent. |
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I'm not sure how well water absorbs UV, but the thick glass needed to support the water would certainly do so. That's important, because if you only removed the IR, people might overexpose themselves to UV in the belief that they were "shaded". So, another plus. |
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My only small sliver of doubt is that the bottom of this elevated pond would very quickly accumulate fish poo, algae, and anything that fell into the water and sunk, so it would need quite a lot of work to keep looking good. I'm thinking of the rooflights in my lab, which look dirty within a day of being cleaned. |
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But, on balance, definitely [+]. |
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The opposite of what [8th] will say, particularly the part about shaped charges. |
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