Urgh! That is nasty!!! And what's the big rocky looking thing?! What condition is the pool in now? Is it still icky looking or clean? Which is the current picture? Why don't people ever clean there pool? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?!
The green in the second picture is a reflection of the trees, not algae. The surface of the water is more oblique in the second picture and the sun is coming from another angle.
It looks like algae, though, so it's a bad thing to have on there.
Umm, no, you can see it here http://www.estately.com/listings/photos/1062153#listings/photos/1062153 There is another shot of the 'waterfall' showing an edge of the pool. And there isn't enough foliage around to reflect into the pool. Our pool was NEVER that color when we had a hillside of greenery above it, as well as IN it!
You can indeed see reflections in the "fish pond," but that's not what's making it green--note that the "blue sky" area is still damn verdant, and that it's leaving green marks along the pool wall.
October 9, 2008 at 6:08 AM
Anonymous said...
Bill Murray to Chevy Chase in Caddyshack.
Murray: You have a pool over at your place, right? Chase: Yeah, a pool and a pond, the pond would be good for you.
Notice that the palm thing beside the pool is looking sickly in the top picture, and doing very well in the second... so, is there any link between that and the pool going green?
"Your choice!"
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oh yuck
October 8, 2008 at 6:36 AM
Note how much more full the foliage on the pondside palms is.
Ah, the decisions one must make - swimability or foliage. Sigh.
October 8, 2008 at 6:48 AM
I can't believe they actually had both photo's on their listing. I'll just assume they sell algae-eater fish so it's actually a great sales pitch...
Thanks for the site, it's a riot.
October 8, 2008 at 6:58 AM
Speaking as a fish breeder, some people work very hard to get that green water. Clearly they need to start rotifer farming! :D
October 8, 2008 at 7:29 AM
That just made by jaw drop!
Marianne
www.crochetbymommaj.etsy.com
October 8, 2008 at 8:11 AM
Urgh! That is nasty!!! And what's the big rocky looking thing?! What condition is the pool in now? Is it still icky looking or clean? Which is the current picture? Why don't people ever clean there pool? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?!
October 8, 2008 at 9:07 AM
*shudder*
October 8, 2008 at 9:57 AM
I think the rocky-looking thing is supposed to be a waterfall, but it's turned off.
Thank god it's turned off. o_o Can you imagine the slow sludge?
Although, usually waterfalls are the outlet of the pool filter which is also obviously not on -- maybe it SHOULD be on!
October 8, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Somebody can't take a ribbing. I can't get onto the listing site due to a 404 Error.
Hm....
October 8, 2008 at 12:42 PM
That's just a couple of blocks from where I live; I'll have to go look. :-)
October 8, 2008 at 2:01 PM
The green in the second picture is a reflection of the trees, not algae. The surface of the water is more oblique in the second picture and the sun is coming from another angle.
It looks like algae, though, so it's a bad thing to have on there.
October 8, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Umm, no, you can see it here
http://www.estately.com/listings/photos/1062153#listings/photos/1062153
There is another shot of the 'waterfall' showing an edge of the pool. And there isn't enough foliage around to reflect into the pool. Our pool was NEVER that color when we had a hillside of greenery above it, as well as IN it!
October 8, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Also the scum around the edge of the water is NOT there in the earlier picture when the pool was clean!
October 8, 2008 at 2:52 PM
But I can SEE the leaves and branches very clearly and the blue sky between them. And the trees are above and to the left - you can see the trunks.
October 8, 2008 at 3:19 PM
It might be your monitor, Charlene. What color is the reflected rock in the second photo? It's green when I look at it -- because the water is green.
It is greener in the bits that are reflections of trees, though.
October 8, 2008 at 3:23 PM
The rock thin is a slide. you can see the steps in another pic. I wouldn't want to slide into that tho!
October 8, 2008 at 4:32 PM
That funny little slide thing... Brrr. Gnome King's minion or what?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjfMRBY16RI
October 9, 2008 at 2:34 AM
You can indeed see reflections in the "fish pond," but that's not what's making it green--note that the "blue sky" area is still damn verdant, and that it's leaving green marks along the pool wall.
October 9, 2008 at 6:08 AM
Bill Murray to Chevy Chase in Caddyshack.
Murray: You have a pool over at your place, right?
Chase: Yeah, a pool and a pond, the pond would be good for you.
October 9, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Notice that the palm thing beside the pool is looking sickly in the top picture, and doing very well in the second... so, is there any link between that and the pool going green?
October 9, 2008 at 11:03 PM
I was thinking of the same thing as my aboved poster.
My theory is whatever they used to clean that pool (it had to be strong), killed the plants nearby. Poor plants :(
October 10, 2008 at 5:43 PM
oh, charming. I'll take the fishpond.
October 10, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Time for photography lessons - "Lighting 101."
October 12, 2008 at 4:23 AM