Museum underwater shapes
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Museum underwater figures in Cancun opened in December 2010. This unique museum exhibits 403 sculptures, tall with a life-size, covered by sea water at a depth of 2 to 10 meters.

The creators of the project were James Gonzalez Cano of the National Marine Park, Roberto Diaz of the Cancun Marine Association and Jason de Kairos Taylor.

In making shapes used materials used to sustain life coral. This cement, sand, silica fume, glass and live corals - a final touch, made by nature. Weight structure lying on an area of ​​over 420 square meters, more than 180 tons.

Sculptor Jason Taylor had to spend under the water about 120 hours, by the way, concurrently he is also diving instructor. Specially designed technology allows them to fix the pieces so that they are not drifting over. Ready exhibits were loaded onto the ocean floor in the two-ton basis.

In a typical museum, the conditions under which the exhibits should remain intact as long as possible, but here - all the way around. The composition is constantly changing. This is facilitated by the growing corals and marine life.

The exposition attracts tourists with its size, scale, unique and unusual locations in the shallow waters of the Caribbean. Unwilling to dive into the water, there are boat excursions with glass bottom, where sculptures can be admired from the top. This is one of the most frequently visited areas of sea in the world, for the year it takes about 750 thousand tourists.

Today in the underwater museum 4 exhibition "Gardener of Hope", "The collector of lost hopes," "Man on Fire" and "The Silent Evolution". All of them - the brainchild of Jason Taylor.

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