I photographed the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center for a heat related story for the Lilburn Partch newspaper on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Temperatures in the Atlanta area have stayed somewhere in the mid-90s for most of the past two months with the heat index making it feel even hotter. These are my favorite images of people cooling off in the pool.
Tyler Bennett, 10, shoots down one of two water slides at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Monica Santana, 9, holds her nose as she finishes her run on one of the two water slides at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Senada Jakupovic, right, her sister Armina and their mother Ifeta sit along the side of the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Carmine Colossale, 8, plays with another child by splashing water at him as they float down the moving river in the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Clarisa Centeno, 2, climbs down the steps to the playground in the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Dominic Sasso, holds his son Justin, 1, as he splashes around the water in the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Kim Colossale, right, holds onto her daughter Christina, 6, as they float on the moving river in the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Fountains shoot water on Lucia Aguirre, left, and her sister Lilia as they climb on the playground in the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Evan Nanney, 3, gets splashed with water as it dumps on his head at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.
Josue Rivas, 9, climbs through a tunnel underneath the playground in the outdoor pool at the Mountain Park Aquatic Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2011.