Why All These People Jumped Into the Pool

It may appear everyone in China took a dip simultaneously, but they did not.

ByABC News
July 30, 2014, 12:12 PM
Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
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— -- It's hard to imagine much heat relief could be found among the thousands of people who packed this pool, but that's just what these swimmers were seeking.

Over the weekend, the temperature in Suining, China, topped 100 degrees. Then this happened at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort.

According to the China Dead Sea resort web site, visitors will "quietly on the sea, to enjoy the sun, to enjoy the fresh sea breeze blowing."

Maybe when the heat wave ends. Until then, swimmer soup.

PHOTO: Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
PHOTO: Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
PHOTO: Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
PHOTO: Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.
Thousands of people enjoy the water at the Chinese Dead Sea tourist resort as the outside temperatures reached 100 degrees on July 25, 2014 in Suining, China.