From those submerged by the forces of time, to others created specifically for underwater viewing, here are some of the most breathtaking.
James Lucas hosts a Twitter page dedicated to sharing spectacular sights, art, and phenomena from around the world. Recently he shared a collection of the world's most striking underwater statues.
From those submerged by the forces of time to others created specifically for underwater viewing, here are some of the most breathtaking.
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"Christ of the Abyss." A bronze sculpture made by Galletti in 1954. It lies in San Fruttuoso bay, in the Italian Riviera.
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Sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor is designed to help refurbish the coral reef near Indonesia, with the cement designed for sponge growth.
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"Nest" depicts a circle of 48 life-size figures off the coast of Gili Meno
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A 9-feet tall bronze mermaid sculpture of Amphitrite, created in 2000 by Simon Morris, rests 50 feet beneath the waves on Grand Cayman Island.
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A statue probably depicting Queen Cleopatra III, discovered in the sunken city of Heracleion. For a long time, historians were unsure if the city even existed.
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The lion statue of the Neptune Memorial Reef, originally conceived by Gary Levine and designed by artist Kim Brandell. It is a burial at sea, located at 3.25 miles off the coast of Key Biscayne, Florida.
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Statues of children playing hide and seek in the sunken museum off the coast of Cyprus. Jason deCaires Taylor's 93 statues are part of the Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa.
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Viccisitudes by Jason Decaires Taylor, Grenada Underwater Sculpture Park.
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Cannes Underwater Museum features a series of six monumental portraits depicting local residents, each over two meters in height and ten tons in weight.
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The Guardian of the Reef by by Simon Morris is a 13 feet tall bronze sculpture representing a mythological creature.
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The Musician by Jason DeCaires Taylor is a standalone sculpture of a full-scale mermaid waiting near the bench of a Steinway concert grand piano replica. Seen here played by a performer.
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The Nutmeg Princess in Grenada, by British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, is based on a story by Grenadian author Richardo Keens - Douglas.
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No Turning Back by Jason deCaires Taylor portrays a lone woman located just below the sea's surface.
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The statues of Emperor Claudius' Nymphaeum at Baia Underwater Archaeological Park, a "submerged Pompeii" off the coast of Naples, Italy.
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Underwater sculpture park.
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Statue of a guy watching TV Underwater. It will become a coral reef.
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Underwater statue of Jesus on the sea bed in Malta.
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On August 25, 1965, another nine-foot-tall bronze statue of Jesus Christ, cast from Galletti's original mold, was placed off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.
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By Jason de Caires Taylor.
