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  • Playboy Mansion grotto blamed for sickening dozens

    04/25/2011 1:01:03 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 38 replies · 1+ views
    Mercury news ^ | 4/25/11 | Associated Press
    LOS ANGELES -- Health officials say the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease was found in the grotto of the Playboy Mansion, a whirlpool hot tub famed for steamy escapades. Scores of people who attended a fundraiser there in February reported becoming ill afterwards.
  • Geology Picture of the Week, June 4-10, 2006: Something Completely Different - Blue Grottoes

    06/07/2006 8:49:06 AM PDT · by cogitator · 7 replies · 400+ views
    "Grottoes" (grottos?) can be both natural, man-made, or man-modified. Searching for grotto images finds many of these categories. This one struck me as pretty impressive, on the island of Malta. I had to shrink the image a bit; click on it for the full-size image. The second shot is of the notable tourist attraction Blue Grotto of Capri, Italy. There are a lot of pictures on the Web of this place; I couldn't find what I felt was a great one. The glow of the underwater illumination is pretty good; it appears that there is a considerable photographic challenge in...