# Art meets science **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228 "2012-01-03T04:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/1 "2012-01-03T04:51:10Z")
[These](http://bit.ly/sJVF7V) are just amazing – underwater sculptures meant to serve as the base for new reefs. Too freakin’ cool. ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/2 "2012-01-03T05:26:27Z")
Wow. There’s something to put on the bucket list. That is truly awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/3 "2012-01-03T05:45:23Z")
It’s like the Terracotta Army (Navy?) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/4 "2012-01-03T07:11:54Z")
What will archaeologists and anthropologists think when they discover these, 5000 years from now? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/5 "2012-01-03T08:29:20Z")
Beautiful. :: forwards link:: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/6 "2012-01-03T15:12:56Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What will archaeologists and anthropologists think when they discover these, 5000 years from now? That what crossed my mind, too. They’ll inspire some very interesting myths if the explanation doesn’t survive. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/7 "2012-01-03T15:23:43Z")
Yeah, that is going to confuse the holy hell out of people\* eons from now. That said, the photo of the old crone with a starfish on her cheek is something else. - or whatever is left of people, or whatever people have evolved into, etc. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/8 "2012-01-03T16:22:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > That what crossed my mind, too. They’ll inspire some very interesting myths if the explanation doesn’t survive. Same here. Especially when they find their gooey chocolate centers. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/9 "2012-01-04T14:12:17Z")
I dunno, will they still be discernible as figures by then? They’ll be pretty much completely encrusted, and won’t the concrete have deteriorated to the point where any detailing is lost? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/10 "2012-01-04T14:59:20Z")
Wow. Makes me wish I could dive. They’re amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-meets-science/608228/11 "2012-01-09T05:26:11Z")
That’s wonderful, thank you for sharing! I’ve always been fascinated by temporary art such as butter sculptures, sand art, crop circles and I’m now including this because it will be gone soon enough. The later pictures of what the statues look like now, after algae and water plants have taken root are [beautiful](http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/images/720x480/Silent-evolution-Jason-sculpture62.jpg), [eerie](http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/images/720x480/Silent-evolution-Jason-sculpture64.jpg) and in some cases, [creepy](http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/images/720x480/Silent-evolution-Jason-sculpture67.jpg). Someone could make a killer horror movie in that place. Looking [elsewhere](http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/latest-works.html) on his site, I’m so impressed by this artist’s talent and whimsy. [This one made me laugh out loud](http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/images/720x480/1.laPromesaJdeCT.jpg).