Friday, 30 January 2015

The Underground in an Ocean

I do not mean to keep posting about New York. However I came across this piece of news the other day and found it so extraordinarily amazing that I felt it had to be shared! 

Certain members of the US public were shocked and horrified when they spied tug boats dumping old subway carriages into the ocean. Like I initially did, New Yorker's probably presumed this was just a lazy and Non-Eco friendly way of the state disposing of unwanted goods cheaply. 

[Image from: http://www.viralforest.com/subway-cars-dumped-coral-reef/
Image taken by : Stephen Mallon]

However Viralforest.com continued to explain that this was a part of a project to restore and create ocean habitats.  
This video shows the results brilliantly.  

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gOfLCeyuZA
Panasonic Ecoideasnet]

This is the evidence that the plan is successful 10 years on. This beautiful image hides its artificial origin unbelievably well. So don't panic people: for once dumping is restoring that damaged human activity! 
[http://www.viralforest.com/subway-cars-dumped-coral-reef/]


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