I also LOVE the spiral staircase up to the platform. I always thought it would suck if you were climbing the ladder about to win your Gold, and slipped.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

Amazing view. That would scare the crap out of me being that high IRL. You'd have to pay me a LOT of money to jump off that thing.

CasualGeek

It's sweet how they edited out the tripod for the camera in the 360 shot. I admit I almost always scroll down to see shadows or the tripod whenever I see a panoramic.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

id be scared since i cant even swim.

jimbut

@Y2KGTP: Internment camp.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

@Y2KGTP: fill it with jello

yungjerry703

@Y2KGTP:
1. change all signs flags to say lenovo
2. ??????
3. PROFIT!

likefry_likefry

So...what do they do with this after the Olympics are over?

Y2KGTP

That's very cool. Imagine it with people and noise, too -- it must be quite a feeling up there.

D.

drzeller

that looks awesome!

nEmmY

@Y2KGTP: *Shrugs*

takashimiike 3G edition

Ahhh... looks like a slice of pure heaven...

God, I love water, especially the deep type.

NightElfMohawk

How do you do a panorama like that?

dude49

At A&M, you could go up the 10 meter and then climb into the rafters of the building to jump.

Just don't do it after hours. The cleaning ladies will call the cops, even if you work there.

GeekyNerdGuy

@MattTheRogue: I noticed that...that was the only thing that ever scared me when using a high dive.

I couldn't see the fracking water, so it was always a big surprise party with water and no balloons or cake.

Sigh...the cake is ALWAYS a lie...

TendoMentis

For those of you who watch the diving events, you've probably noticed the mini-fountains they have spouting water into the pool. This pictures helps show how they're used, they allow the diver to see the surface of the water.

MattTheRogue

10 Meter Photog Finals - not a blockbuster event.

I'll bet that photographer had a harness on, though.

William

But not, like, toilet water.

Whatever.

shorty63136

Ooh, I love blue water.

shorty63136

@MattTheRogue: Isn't it also to break the surface tension?

homerjay

great find, How did they take those pictures that well? there is no gap or obvious end or begin of the different frames.

vinnyr

@dude49: You set up camera on tripod and rotate it around, up and down, taking photos at exact angles depending on lense used and then stitch the photos together with computer. Usually the player works so that the view point is inside of a 3D cube textured with the photo, think of oldschool Quake Skyboxes.

ara

@Y2KGTP: Hold national and international competitions, use it to train their swim team, etc. You know, just like every other country does with their major venues.

ninjamurf

well first it will be retiled so chairman Mao's face is a mosaic on the bottom of the pool, and it will be made by political prisoners while the pool is still full, oh and they wont have scuba tanks.

otis123

@Y2KGTP: drown anyone who disagrees with the government, drown protesters.

vinnyr

all that and they couldnt white balance correctly? weak

hellboy997

@Y2KGTP: They fill it with milk...i swear!

Mike918