the disclosure and that any such work around will also fall under its scope it is envisioned that other styles and configurations can be easily incorporated into the teachings of the present disclosure and only one particular configuration may be shown and described for purposes of clarity and disclosure and not by way of limitation of scope the terms u201c a u201d and u201c an u201d herein do not denote a limitation of quantity but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced items referring now to fig1 through 5 depicting a domed swimming pool cover herein described as an u201c apparatus u201d 10 where like reference numerals represent similar or like parts in accordance with the invention the present disclosure describes an elevated pool cover for above ground swimming pools 100 fig1 shows an environmental cut away view the apparatus 10 the apparatus 10 includes a cover assembly 20 a plurality of support rods 50 and a plurality of attaching clip assemblies 70 the apparatus 10 also includes a flexible domed cover 20 supported by preferably three 3 fiberglass rods 50 similar to a camping tent support structure see fig3 the cover assembly 20 is a waterproof textile assembly having an overall diameter which exceeds a diameter of the swimming pool 100 so as to suitably drape partway down the side walls of the swimming pool 100 the cover assembly 20 extends over an upper perimeter edge and downward over the side walls of the swimming pool 100 and secured by an anchoring strap 26 arranged circumferentially around a bottom edge of the cover assembly 20 and lower end portion of the side walls the anchoring strap 26 is routed through and supported by a plurality of equally spaced strap loops 27 formed within the cover.