--- title: Sky Pool With Clear Bottom Goes Viral, Weirest Pools description: Footage of the view from a 42nd-floor glass-bottomed pool in Houston, TX has taken the internet by storm. canonical: https://time.com/4734461/sky-pool-video/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-11T15:15:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:42.537Z og:title: This Sky Pool Is Giving Viewers a Virtual Heart Attack og:description: The glass-bottomed pool is located 42 stories up in a tower in Houston. og:url: https://time.com/4734461/sky-pool-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd51d10e1c553771b/6988bcfb2dce01761d9ec831/pool.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Swimming Pool og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Sky Pool Is Giving Viewers a Virtual Heart Attack twitter:description: The glass-bottomed pool is located 42 stories up in a tower in Houston. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd51d10e1c553771b/6988bcfb2dce01761d9ec831/pool.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Appropriately Freaked Out Over This Trippy Sky Pool Hanging Off a Building  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 11, 2017 3:15 PM UTC  Swimming Pool Swimming PoolGetty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 11, 2017 3:15 PM UTC A new pool is not for the faint of heart. This residence tower in downtown [Houston](http://www.extracrispy.com/food/921/11-breakfast-dishes-in-houston-you-have-to-try) comes equipped with a rare extra perk for the brave at heart: [a glass-bottomed pool](http://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/houston-market-square-tower-pool) located precipitously on its 42nd floor. Daredevils and residents of the new [Market Square Tower](http://www.marketsquaretower.com/) who _don’t_ suffer from vertigo can take a dip in the water feature, which has a glass platform that extends 10 feet out from the main pool enclosure, allowing it to look (and feel) like you’re literally walking on air above the street 500 feet below. Trippy. (It’s also Texas’s highest pool.) A video of someone walking through the pool and out onto the glass observation deck has gone viral, with plenty of viewers having very strong reactions to the dramatic footage. While some are adding the pool (which is accessible to residents only) to their bucket lists, others are adamantly opposed to its engineering. Apparently the “glass” bottom is composed of [eight-inch-thick plexiglass](https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2017/4/7/market-square-tower-pool-will-totally-freak-you-out), in case that helps rationalize away the fear. > [](https://twitter.com/Smilejamtvj/status/851762735004168193) > [](https://twitter.com/rollerride/status/851659793546842112) > [](https://twitter.com/dannykaea/status/851634300659187712) > [](https://twitter.com/Mimoneda69/status/851163915622940673) This isn’t the first time the pool has become the focus of attention this year for thrill seekers. [In February](http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-YouTubers-sneak-into-Market-Square-Tower-10953819.php), a group of YouTubers managed to make their way into the Tower (and up to the pool) by pretending they were residents, filming themselves enjoying a vertiginous night swim. 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