On 2/12/05 11:29 pm, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

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The double arc feature is interesting, they seem to be using the water like
fibre optics. Won't have the same impact in daylight though.

The most interesting water features I've ever seen were in Northern India,
the Jai Mahal Palace Hotel in Jaipur has the most incredible Mogul water
garden. ( the restaurant isn't bad either) :-)
A feature that they use a lot is the water running down a sloping (30°?)
flat bed with crescent raised bits over the surface, each row of raised
crescents alternate just like fish scales. Makes a fascinating sight and
sound with only a little water as it runs from one crescent down to the
next. The nearest I've seen in the UK is a huge one in Guildford but it's
crude by comparison.

That really does sound quite beautiful - and to me, the sound of water is
almost as important as the sight of it. I hadn't thought of that daylight
thing with regard to the double arc feature but you're quite right - it does
need a darker setting to show it off properly. A great number of years ago
I took my children to Disneyworld in Florida and there they had 'jumping'
water which I have wanted to have somehow, somewhere, ever since. It's
extremely childish of me but I love the way the arcs of water seem to leap
out of the pond at random, taking everyone by surprise and making them
shriek with delight. My children spent ages trying to catch them!
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