Abandoned Swimming Pools Going Viral

Children play in a abandoned swimming pool in Kabul, Afghanistan.

A forgotten pool in Bulembu, Swaziland.

An abandoned training pool left behind after the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

An abandoned motel stands as a reminder that Salton Sea, California was once a popular destination.

A deserted swimming pool in the abandoned town of Pripyat, Ukraine. Pripyat was the support town for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

A boarded over pool in the yard of a foreclosed home in Miami, Florida.

This pool is maintained but remains unused as most of the apartments in this complex in Sesena, Spain are empty.

An in-ground pool destroyed by Superstorm Sandy sits abandoned in Mantoloking, New Jersey.

Sometimes empty pools are used for social events, like for this cocktail party in Paris.

An disused swimming pool on Staten Island's southeastern shore in New York.

Artist Rory Mizen uses light and abandoned locations to create incredible light paintings. This derelict pool is in Bristol, England.

This pool was part of an abandoned resort that was demolished in Bracebridge, Ontario.

This abandoned pool was damaged during an air strike in Gaza City.

A man is seen looking for items to sell in an abandoned home in Tunis, Tunisia. Many homes of the ruling elite were ransacked after the 2011 revolution.

Here's an abandoned pool in Gagra, Georgia (the former Soviet republic).

You'll find this pool in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

The Tarlair pool was built in the 30s and closed in the 70s. But there are plans in place to repair and reopen one of the only open air sea pools left in Scotland.

This pool, located somewhere in the former-Soviet Union, today attracts urban explorers and photographers.

At one time, this pool was filled with happy children and their parents.
 

But now it sits empty, slowly rotting away.

Vandals aren't doing the swimming complex any favours.

It's definitely not as nice as it once was.

Here's another abandoned pool in the former-Soviet Union. This one is in Kislovodsk, Russia.

This pool was part of a large military complex near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

This abandoned pool is at an old Soviet childrens' camp.

This old pool is near Durham, England.

And here's another big one… this abandoned pool is in New York.

The derelict pool is found in Grange-over-Sands, England.