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The number of cars in the drive, and the number of people in the pool at this house in Cleveland, Ohio, can mean only one thing… Pool Paaaaarty!
I wanted to illustrate what this pool party might look like from the ground, and I found this QuickTime VR image of a pool party in progress. Now I’m wondering what kind of geek makes a Quicktime VR image of a pool party?
Thanks to James Boorman-Padgett.
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“Now I’m wondering what kind of geek makes a Quicktime VR image of a pool party?”
The sort of geek that trawls Google Earth looking for things such as a pool parties and sets up a website dedicated to finding such things?
Or the sort that gives himself a name such as Cookie Monster?
To be honest I’m not convinced… It could just as well be a pool with a bit more colourful tiling than usual. OK, there are some cars in the driveway but maybe they’re just having a Tupperware party?
I’m with you dr. R. the imagery isn’t clear enough to say definitively that there are people in or around the pool, although you can see the patio between the slide and the diving board is wet. Msn.live maps has excellent “birds eye” shots in this area, of course they werent taken on the same day. they do have alot of pinic tables on the patio next to the pool you can see.
looks like their road needs resurfacing, cracks everywhere…
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
if any of you venture over to livemaps to check this area out be sure to have a look at this house…now thats the place to have a pool party, they even have a golf green!
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Live Maps View of the same site:
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2594/picture2xp5.jpg
Like Dr. R and Nova. I am also skeptical.
Would be odd to have everyone IN the pool at the same time.
Doesn’t appear to be anyone on the pool deck or sitting on the furniture.
Wet pool deck would seem to imply someone was there though.
Maybe they’ve all gone inside for ice cream!