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If one has ever put their hand in the upward rush of bubbles created from an aquarium's airstone, they know that it is a truly unique sensation. It would be filled with many tiny bubbles, just enough to overcome buoyancy problems.
The bubble pool would be a large public pool, hopefully added to
waterparks, and in the same genre as the "wave pool".
Every five minutes or so, the system turns on and fills the pool with tiny bubbles. The time delay would be for two reasons: 1. The air pumps would probably not be able to supply pressure, and therefore have to cycle into large underground tanks, and 2. Safety: it's hard to see a person in distress under the water when the pool's filled with bubbles.
I am aware that some pools currently have bubble systems, but are only capable of a few seconds worth of bubbles, and those are rare and only used for highdiving. (Wow, wasn't that a run-on sentence.) I am also aware that some hot tubs also use bubbles. However, the bubble pool would be different, simply because of its design only to be enjoyed, its sheer size, and its normal pool temperature.
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Fizzy lemonade-filled pool!! |
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Baked. at one of my local swimming pools there are a number of different pools, one of which is full of bubbles. There are areas in deep water with columns of bubbles rising strongly and then seating areas around the sides (underwater) which have more gentle, fizzy type bubbles. |
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But they are not widely spread and it is a very interesting feeling (especially when your cozzie gets full of air). |
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[dag] My thinking exactly. No buoyancy. Every fifth minute there come the bubbles. Every sixth minute a net sweeps the pool to remove the bodies. Then plop in a new set of paying customers... |
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Excellent idea! Shame about the mass drowning. |
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Maybe there could be a computer controlled network of bubble jets that could pump out small, controlled bursts. |
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You could spell messages, display logos, or even moving images. |
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<wonders what it would be like to swim in a pool filled with fresh club soda> |
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Yay! I'll bring a few hundred barrels of vodka. Can someone else bring the limes? Summer's here! |
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bristolz: if nothing else, it would remove the drink stains from your bathing suit. (Slightly dangerous, actually - all that fizz might displace the oxygen above the pool.) |
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Vodka doesn't stain. Besides, what bathing suit? ;-) |
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[Makes note to go swimming with bristolz, next time he is out by Washington State. And take a couple of bottles of Stolly along. And, per krelnik, Scuba gear.] |
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//displace the oxygen//
Indeed. On his old NBC show, David Letterman planned a stunt where he would be lowered into a tank of water wearing a suit covered with Alka-Seltzer tablets. (An antacid that generates CO2 as it dissolves in water). |
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In rehearsal the stand-in was overcome by the CO2. When they actually did the stunt on the air, Dave had to wear a SCUBA mask. |
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