The Deep Joy
July 20, 2017 2:42 PM Subscribe
Y-40 "The Deep Joy" pool first opened on 5 June 2014 and was designed by architect Emanuele Boaretto. It is 40 metres (131 ft) deep, making it the deepest pool in the world. It contains 4,300 cubic metres (1,136,000 US gal) of thermal water kept at a temperature of 32–34 °C (90–93 °F). Watch Guillaume Néry go deep.
Guillaume Néry Previously and Previouslier and Previousliest
Guillaume Néry Previously and Previouslier and Previousliest
It was like, this is okay but wow it's really deep and it's making me nervous, and then NOOOOOO WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T GO DOWN THERE!!!!!
posted by carter at 3:01 PM on July 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by carter at 3:01 PM on July 20, 2017 [3 favorites]
This is pretty awesome.
I was getting really uncomfortable watching this guy freediving that deep until I read the Wikipedia link. Dude went to -117 meters in Kalamata in 2011, so as deep as this seems, he's been almost three times as deep (and back, presumably). Blows my mind.
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 3:03 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
I was getting really uncomfortable watching this guy freediving that deep until I read the Wikipedia link. Dude went to -117 meters in Kalamata in 2011, so as deep as this seems, he's been almost three times as deep (and back, presumably). Blows my mind.
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 3:03 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
If you like claustrophobia and nyctophobia, then this looks perfect!
posted by blue_beetle at 3:03 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by blue_beetle at 3:03 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
There was a video like this from way back but it was into some sort of natural ocean rift? With good music? It's not in any of the previousliers. Anyone?
posted by zeek321 at 3:04 PM on July 20, 2017
posted by zeek321 at 3:04 PM on July 20, 2017
The Deep Nope
posted by Splunge at 3:14 PM on July 20, 2017 [8 favorites]
posted by Splunge at 3:14 PM on July 20, 2017 [8 favorites]
What is "thermal water"?
posted by indubitable at 3:16 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by indubitable at 3:16 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
No thanks. This needs to be burned.
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:17 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:17 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
There was a video like this from way back but it was into some sort of natural ocean rift?
Same guy. Dean's Blue Hole.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 3:27 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
Same guy. Dean's Blue Hole.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 3:27 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
What is thermal water and how does it work in skin care
posted by blue t-shirt at 3:32 PM on July 20, 2017
posted by blue t-shirt at 3:32 PM on July 20, 2017
holy smokes that's deep. Here I thought this place was a mind blower. wowsa.
posted by shockingbluamp at 3:37 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by shockingbluamp at 3:37 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
The uh vestibular, kind of deep parts look fun--I could see puttering around in there to see how deep I could go. That final, round well, though--lol no.
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 3:57 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 3:57 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
It really looks like a portal testing chamber.
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 4:06 PM on July 20, 2017 [10 favorites]
posted by Just this guy, y'know at 4:06 PM on July 20, 2017 [10 favorites]
If you like claustrophobia and nyctophobia
♪♫♬ Gettin' caught in the rain ♪♫♬
(Nope, doesn't scan.)
posted by Atom Eyes at 4:11 PM on July 20, 2017 [15 favorites]
♪♫♬ Gettin' caught in the rain ♪♫♬
(Nope, doesn't scan.)
posted by Atom Eyes at 4:11 PM on July 20, 2017 [15 favorites]
That made me nervous.
Also,I would've liked to see him come back up
posted by das_2099 at 4:25 PM on July 20, 2017 [5 favorites]
Also,I would've liked to see him come back up
posted by das_2099 at 4:25 PM on July 20, 2017 [5 favorites]
He sank like a stone
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 4:45 PM on July 20, 2017
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 4:45 PM on July 20, 2017
He's still down there. Seems comfortable enough. Likes to go around in little circles and play with the lamp. They sprinkle in food pellets twice a day.
posted by theodolite at 5:06 PM on July 20, 2017 [12 favorites]
posted by theodolite at 5:06 PM on July 20, 2017 [12 favorites]
I notice in the comments, it says that bats are not people, which, if it's true, seems like the real story here.
posted by Wolfdog at 5:07 PM on July 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 5:07 PM on July 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
What happens when they pull the plug out at the bottom? How vast would the drainage need to be to accommodate that volume of water, at that velocity? It would need to be as wide as the well itself. So does that-...is this thing infinitely deep?
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:13 PM on July 20, 2017
posted by turbid dahlia at 5:13 PM on July 20, 2017
What happens when they pull the plug out at the bottom?
The hotel is only 20m above sea level, and certainly even less above the ground water level. If you want to drain this pool, you need a pump.
posted by aubilenon at 5:34 PM on July 20, 2017
The hotel is only 20m above sea level, and certainly even less above the ground water level. If you want to drain this pool, you need a pump.
posted by aubilenon at 5:34 PM on July 20, 2017
This looks like a flooded stage from Portal.
posted by exlotuseater at 5:52 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by exlotuseater at 5:52 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
If you want to drain this pool, you need a pump.
Nah, just join the water table. Rugose, squamous, vadose.
posted by clew at 6:03 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
Nah, just join the water table. Rugose, squamous, vadose.
posted by clew at 6:03 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
I could not hold my breath for the whole video..
posted by helmutdog at 6:13 PM on July 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by helmutdog at 6:13 PM on July 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
Why is deep water so consistently and primally terrifying
posted by Kemma80 at 7:07 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Kemma80 at 7:07 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
Cave looks like a Pac-Man ghost i.e. nope.
posted by resurrexit at 7:07 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by resurrexit at 7:07 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh, yeah- this level is tricky.
You have to open one portal near the bottom, and another in the next room over, so that all the water drains out into the lava channel.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:10 PM on July 20, 2017 [6 favorites]
You have to open one portal near the bottom, and another in the next room over, so that all the water drains out into the lava channel.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 7:10 PM on July 20, 2017 [6 favorites]
To create obsidian, which you may then harvest and fashion tools from.
posted by turbid dahlia at 7:43 PM on July 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 7:43 PM on July 20, 2017 [4 favorites]
I'm sort of upset they didn't show him coming back up.
posted by condour75 at 8:22 PM on July 20, 2017 [10 favorites]
posted by condour75 at 8:22 PM on July 20, 2017 [10 favorites]
The diagram in the Independent is fuzzy, but I notice there are three naked guys standing around the pool. Moreover, they're identical. I think they must be clones, and this is a Neolution experiment.
posted by happyroach at 8:44 PM on July 20, 2017
posted by happyroach at 8:44 PM on July 20, 2017
I wouldn't mind going down there in scuba gear, if they didn't find it a gross impiety.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:56 PM on July 20, 2017
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:56 PM on July 20, 2017
Kinda crazy to think that at that depth even hanging out at the bottom with a scuba tank for a short time will net you significant amounts of decompression time on the way back up. 130 feet is deep.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:58 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:58 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
I had to breathe SO MANY TIMES while watching that.
posted by straight at 9:22 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by straight at 9:22 PM on July 20, 2017 [1 favorite]
Interesting. I know that the water is less dense at 34 °C, and he seems to have very low body fat, but he still descends a lot faster than I would expect without weights.
posted by Anoplura at 9:22 PM on July 20, 2017
posted by Anoplura at 9:22 PM on July 20, 2017
He sank like a stone
Somewhere around 100ft a free diver will no longer be buoyant and will naturally sink.
posted by straight at 9:23 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
Somewhere around 100ft a free diver will no longer be buoyant and will naturally sink.
posted by straight at 9:23 PM on July 20, 2017 [2 favorites]
I am so throwing a Baby Ruth bar in that.
posted by whuppy at 4:39 AM on July 21, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by whuppy at 4:39 AM on July 21, 2017 [5 favorites]
Wuh? I don't understand why he's not having to equalise on his way down. I'm pinching my nose at least every metre when I scuba dive. What's his secret?
According to my dive computer he'd have about 6-7 minutes on the bottom without having to decompress. I wonder how long he can hold his breath.
posted by dowcrag at 6:01 AM on July 21, 2017
According to my dive computer he'd have about 6-7 minutes on the bottom without having to decompress. I wonder how long he can hold his breath.
posted by dowcrag at 6:01 AM on July 21, 2017
The former pool manager in me wants to know....how do you vacuum that thing? You have to...just think of all the hair, lost rings, hairbands and general stuff that would end up at the bottom...eventually, it would get a layer of sludge.
posted by 101cats at 7:26 AM on July 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by 101cats at 7:26 AM on July 21, 2017 [4 favorites]
dowcrag : He is equalizing (unless he's one of those sinus-flooding types). There are alternatives to Valsalva.
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 7:44 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by rhamphorhynchus at 7:44 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Just reading rhamphorhynchus' link made me nervous.
posted by MtDewd at 7:54 AM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by MtDewd at 7:54 AM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
The only reason I didn't run screaming from the room is that there was no shot from the lowest point looking back up. If the film had shown that - a small circle of light, far away, that is also your only place to get more air - I don't think I'd have slept for days for fear of the nightmares to come.
posted by YoungStencil at 8:24 AM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by YoungStencil at 8:24 AM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
Rhamphorhynchus, that's my lack of diving experience showing. Don't like the sound of some of those alternatives, though!
posted by dowcrag at 9:08 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by dowcrag at 9:08 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Fear of heights kicking in while underwater? Nope. Nope. Nooooooooooooope.
posted by Cranialtorque at 9:16 AM on July 21, 2017
posted by Cranialtorque at 9:16 AM on July 21, 2017
There is not enough nope in the world for that. And I love being in water.
posted by corvikate at 10:31 AM on July 21, 2017
posted by corvikate at 10:31 AM on July 21, 2017
That was fascinating to watch. I am utterly amazed that any human can hold his/her breath for more than about 90 seconds.
Also, I think that there should be an end title on the video similar to certain old TV shows:
THE
END
?
posted by davidmsc at 11:19 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Also, I think that there should be an end title on the video similar to certain old TV shows:
THE
END
?
posted by davidmsc at 11:19 AM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
This could only be improved by putting a scary clown mannequin, half in shadow, at the bottom.
posted by zippy at 11:45 AM on July 21, 2017 [6 favorites]
posted by zippy at 11:45 AM on July 21, 2017 [6 favorites]
I'm impressed at how they managed to get all that continuous film and not include any of the scuba-diving photographers.
posted by Jesse the K at 1:49 PM on July 21, 2017
posted by Jesse the K at 1:49 PM on July 21, 2017
According to my dive computer he'd have about 6-7 minutes on the bottom without having to decompress. I wonder how long he can hold his breath.
I don't think decompression is an issue if you aren't breathing compressed air. You don't get a lot of gas forced into your blood if you don't bringing a lot of extra gas with you.
Though also he's not holding his breath for 6 minutes, so another reason it's not a factor.
posted by aubilenon at 2:04 PM on July 21, 2017
I don't think decompression is an issue if you aren't breathing compressed air. You don't get a lot of gas forced into your blood if you don't bringing a lot of extra gas with you.
Though also he's not holding his breath for 6 minutes, so another reason it's not a factor.
posted by aubilenon at 2:04 PM on July 21, 2017
I am utterly amazed that any human can hold his/her breath for more than about 90 seconds.
This is true. I think I ended up gasping for air 4 times while it was showing. I tried watching again and breathing consciously and just about managed to not get short of air.
posted by ambrosen at 2:20 PM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
This is true. I think I ended up gasping for air 4 times while it was showing. I tried watching again and breathing consciously and just about managed to not get short of air.
posted by ambrosen at 2:20 PM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
Why is deep water so consistently and primally terrifying?
Because we don't have gills.
posted by Splunge at 2:25 PM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
Because we don't have gills.
posted by Splunge at 2:25 PM on July 21, 2017 [2 favorites]
Because we don't have gills.
[citation needed]
posted by Chrysostom at 3:28 PM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
[citation needed]
posted by Chrysostom at 3:28 PM on July 21, 2017 [1 favorite]
I could not hold my breath for the whole video.
[cetacean needed]
posted by moonmilk at 4:54 PM on July 21, 2017 [12 favorites]
[cetacean needed]
posted by moonmilk at 4:54 PM on July 21, 2017 [12 favorites]
Honestly, I think the main thing I would do is sit on the edge of the pool and throw quarters in. After all, you're going to need something to do once you reach the bottom.
posted by happyroach at 5:11 PM on July 21, 2017
posted by happyroach at 5:11 PM on July 21, 2017
That temp is too hot. The depth would be fun bit 90 degree water is repulsive.
posted by dame at 7:38 PM on July 21, 2017
posted by dame at 7:38 PM on July 21, 2017
90 degree water is repulsive.
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