Reflecting pool

A reflecting pool is a water-filled basin, which serves as a design element, to reflect the light of a building, so that a mirror image is visible. It is often used in memorials. By reflecting a festive atmosphere to be created. A reflecting pool is usually from a shallow pool of water with stagnant water. To prevent interfering waves on the surface of the tank bottom is not usually made ​​flat, but the depth of water in the center of the pool is less than near the edge.

Known reflecting pool are located in the following locations:

• The Taj Mahal in Agra, India
• The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument in Washington, DC
• The King Center in Atlanta to commemorate Martin Luther King
• The Oklahoma City National Memorial, at the scene of the bomb attack
• At the University of Notre Dame, below the mosaic at the Hesburgh Library
• The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles had about 1953-1972 a reflecting pool in front of the stage.
• The Battle of the Nations Monument in Leipzig.

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Reflecting pool at the University of Western Australia

Basin at the Christchurch Arts Centre in New Zealand

Reflecting pool at Hermann Park in Houston

Reflecting pool at the Christian Science Church in Boston

Reflecting pool at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain

Battle of the Nations Monument in Leipzig with reflection in the upstream " Lake of Tears for the fallen soldiers "