Posted on 09/18/2010 1:26:10 PM PDT by Tina Grazier
If you like diving, then you might truly enjoy these photos from the worlds deepest indoor diving pool in Brussels, Nemo33. In the series of photos below you will be presented with images that were taken of A complex designed by Belgian diving expert, John Beernaerts. It is a multi-purpose diving instruction, recreational, and film production facility. Beernaerts's dream of creating the world's first indoor diving complex began as a simple doodle, sketched on a napkin in a Brussels bar. The place is very clean, and set up and maintained to a high standard. On the pool's surface, a nice red Zodiac helps new divers learn to step off the boat and climb back into it after the dive. The deepest part of the pool is actually quite wide. Since it opened in 2004 it has had over 100,000 divers. Divers from all over the world have come to Brussels to experiance this unique diving pool. So far not one diver has been lost or injured in this underwater laberynth. With no sharks, no terrifying octopuses, no stingrays to pinch, and jellyfish to make one sqeemish, a diver can freely explore explore deep sea passageways with nothing hindering their return to the surfice.The pool itself consists of a submerged structure with flat platforms at various depth levels. There ares two large flat-bottomed areas at depth levels of 5 meters and 10 metersalong with a large circular pit descending to a depth of 33 meters, thus the name "Nemo33". It is filled with 2,500,000 liters of non-chlorinated, highly filtered spring water maintained at 30 °C and contains several simulated underwater caves at the 10 meters depth level. Along with the many passegways for the divers to enjoy, there are also numerous underwater windows that allow outside visitors to look into the pools at various depths.
Cool!
I am going to go there.
That’s pretty neat.
Scuba is creepy if you think of all the things that go bump in the water - at least this would be a good way to see if you like the pure scuba experience.
I tried indoor skydiving to see what it felt like without jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.
http://skyventure.com/
I would love to also.
Hate to post and run, but it’s my son-in-law’s birthday and I still need to buy his card yet. The Sweetheart is 54 today. So I need to get going.
Later Freeper FRiends.
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OK, one more time.
That I would like to try.
Thanks for the link.
Bye, for real this time.
Ping.
The technology has advanced a bit since the Sea Hunt days
Those tanks on their seem huge
Other than trying it out or for training, I fail to see how this place will stay in business. According to their web page, they also do baptisms. Maybe that will help. I wonder if they get taxpayer subsidies.
I would LOVE to try this pool with my big monofin, a fiberglass "tail" that is about 2.5 wide. Very fun and very, very fast.
can openers. watermelons. seats. oh my!
The animals are the main reason for diving in the first place.
As long as they don’t flush it, I’m cool with it, too. Even if they do, I’m right where I belong.
It's not really comparable to the real thing.
Cool !
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You should try night diving if you think regular scuba is creepy. The only thing you can see is where your flash light is shining. Things zooming thru the beam and only catch a glimpse of what it is.
A lot of fish come out at night. Ya always have that feeling that something is creeping up behind you.
Pools are the best place to conduct training as there is less to distract newbies.
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I barely swim in the Ocean now, since Jaws;)
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