18 Foot underwater statue located in the Bahamas

The statue will transform into an artificial reef(a ridge of jagged rock)

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The Bahamas is now home to the world’s largest underwater sculpture.18-foot-tall statue of a young Bahamian girl who appears to be holding up the ocean, much like the mythological Titan Atlas shouldered the burden of the heavens.

Ocean Atlas is the first work in a planned underwater sculpture garden.

Taylor created the world’s first sub-merged sculpture park and it's name is Grenada’s Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park and has pioneered the practice in oceans around the world.

It is made from sustainable PH-neutral materials, the statue will gradually transform into an artificial reef (a ridge of jagged rock), attracting coral and other marine life.

The allusion to the Atlas myth serves as a reminder of the many environmental threats that our oceans face, from overfishing and global warming, to water pollution and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and a warning that future generations will have to deal with the consequences of current environmental neglect.

“I am trying to say how human interaction with nature can be positive and sustainable” Taylor told Environmental Graffiti, “an icon of how we can live in a symbiotic relationship with nature.”