Reflecting pool

Areflecting pool,also called areflection pool,is awater featurefound in gardens, parks and memorial sites. It usually consists of a shallow pool of water with a reflective surface, undisturbed by fountain jets.

Temple of Debod(Madrid,Spain) in the reflecting pool of the garden of theParque del Oeste

Design

Reflecting pools are often designed with the outer basin floor at the rim slightly deeper than the central area to suppress wave formation. They can be as small as a bird bath to as large as a major civic element. Their origins are from ancientPersian gardens.

List of notable pools

TheMiroir d'eauby night in Bordeaux, France

• TheMiroir d'eau(Water mirror) onPlace de la BourseinBordeaux,France.
• TheMughal gardenreflecting pools at theTaj MahalinAgra,India
• Chehel Sotounin Iran
• TheLincoln Memorial Reflecting PoolandCapitol Reflecting Pool,inWashington, D.C.
• Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool,Hermann Park,Houston, Texas, U.S.
• The modernistPalácio do PlanaltoandPalácio da AlvoradainBrasília,Brazil
• Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical ParkinAtlanta, Georgia
• TheOklahoma City National Memorial,at the site of theOklahoma City bombing
• TheHollywood BowlinLos Angeles, California,where a former reflecting pool was located in front of the stage,c. 1953– 1972
• TheNational September 11 Memorial & Museum,located at theWorld Trade Center siteinNew York City,with two reflecting pools on the location where theTwin Towersstood

Gallery

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  The reflecting pool of theTaj Mahal
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  The reflecting pool in the Patio de los Arrayanes, at the MoorishAlhambraof Granada, Spain
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  A World HeritagePersian gardensite,Chehel Sotoun,in Iran
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  Reflecting Pool at theUniversity of Western Australia
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  Reflecting pool of thePalácio do Planalto(Planalto Palace), in Brazil'smodernistcapital cityBrasília
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  Washington Monumentfrom theLincoln Memorial Reflecting PoolinWashington, D.C.
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  Reflecting pool atChristian Science PlazainBoston, Massachusetts
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  Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection PoolinHermann ParkinHouston, Texas
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  The North Reflecting Pool at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at dusk,World Trade Center,New York
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  Reflecting pond at theChristchurch Arts Centrein New Zealand