Haunting Underwater Sculptures Combine Art & Conservation

Interesting. Contemporary art - underwater. Can you imagine swimming through this? Something to leave not only for future generations, say 1000 years from now, to remember us by but also serve as a place for living biological organisms...

THIS is one museum you can’t just drop into on your lunch break - because it’s UNDERWATER. Europe’s first subaquatic museum, located off the coast of Lanzarote, is the work of British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor. Accessible only to snorkelers, divers and sea life, the museum uses human sculptures as a way to generate awareness about the loss of ecosystems and the risks the ocean is currently facing. Submerged between 12 and 15 meters under the Atlantic Ocean in the Las Coloradas bay in Lanzarote, one of Jason’s main aims is for the sculptures to increase the “marine biomass” by acting as a breeding site for local species in the area.

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Miami: Couple take the plunge and exchange vows underwater

Well, it's one way to get married but we'll just watch from the comforts of our desk. This married couple said their "I dos" under water - five miles off Key Largo, right in front of the statue of Christ of the Deep aka Christ of the Abyss...





Fast Fact: Christ of the Abyss (Italian: Il Cristo degli Abissi) is a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ, the original of which is located in the Mediterranean Sea, which was placed there on August 22, 1954 and is approximately 17 metres depth, and stands c. 2.5 metres tall. It was sculpted by Guido Galletti, based on an idea of Italian diver Duilio Marcante. The statue was placed near the spot where Dario Gonzatti, the first Italian to use SCUBA gear, died in 1947. It depicts Christ offering a benediction of peace, with his head and hands raised skyward. Various other casts of the statue are located in other places worldwide, both underwater and in churches and museums.  

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Dogs Swimming and Diving Underwater

"Dogs see surprisingly well underwater too.." says the narrator in this episode 1 vid from BBC One. Some amazing capture of dogs swimming underwater who not only appears to be enjoying it a lot but doing it instinctively!...

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Freedivers Create "Walking On Water" Illusion

No computer graphics were used in this vid of a man apparently walking on water. Just some experts and some great illusion were involved...

The underwater film was shot by biologist Armiche Ramos and brothers Armando and Francisco del Rosario, who used their expertise in free diving to create the illusion. No computer graphics were involved in the production, with the team relying solely on their own skills - and a few hidden secrets.

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