Reflecting pools

A reflecting pool or reflection pool is a water feature found in gardens, parks, and at memorial sites. It usually consists of a shallow pool of water, undisturbed by fountain jets, for a reflective surface.

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 ancient Persian gardens.

The reflecting pool of the Taj Mahal

The reflecting pool in the Patio de los Arrayanes, at the Moorish Alhambra of Granada, Spain

Reflecting pool at the China Pavilion, Epcot Center, Florida

Reflecting pool of the Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan

A World Heritage Persian garden site, Chehel Sotoun, in Iran.

Reflecting Pool at the University of Western Australia

Reflecting pond at the Christchurch Arts Centre in New Zealand

Reflecting pool of the Palácio do Planalto (Planalto Palace), in Brazil's modernist capital city Brasília

Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.

Reflecting pool at the Christian Science Church in Boston, Massachusetts

Reflecting pool in Hermann Park in Houston, Texas

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