The Neptune Memorial Reef project is the largest man made reef ever conceived and provides an extraordinary living resting place for the departed, an environmental and ecological masterpiece, a superb laboratory for marine biologists, students, researchers and ecologists, and an aesthetically exquisite, world-class destination for visitors from all walks of life. The most innovative concept in artificial reef design is currently emerging in 50-feet of water, 3.25 miles east of Key Biscayne, Miami. Wrapped in the silence of the clear blue ocean a new reef is evolving. The Neptune Memorial Reef is attracting recreational scuba divers, as well as homeless fish while enhancing the costal environment and reducing demand on other fragile natural reef
Christina pointed this out to me. I think I am still opting for the
Viking funeral. Although, my wife ensures me that no matter how much she wants to send me to sea in a burning vessel, that she cannot get the required permits.
Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
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Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
These are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Wm. Shakespeare, The Tempest.
Posted by: Anon | December 30, 2007 8:21 PM
"Neptune Memorial Reef" is heresy. All good pastafarians end up (or down) in Davy Jones' Locker.
Posted by: Lassi Hippeläinen | December 31, 2007 3:07 AM
My favorite 3 words together.
Full Fathom Five is also a :
six-piece band from Brisbane, Australia
a low-budget submarine movie.
an audio drama based on the Doctor Who television series
a tune by The Stone Roses
a 1947 painting by Jackson Pollock
a 1948 novel by American writer Ahmad Kamal
a 1958 poem by Sylvia Plath.
From Wikipedia.
Posted by: Peter | December 31, 2007 9:12 AM
I think I am still opting for the Viking funeral. Although, my wife ensures me that no matter how much she wants to send me to sea in a burning vessel, that she cannot get the required permits.
Sounds like a great reef! I remember my wife talking about wanting to send me to sea in a burning vessel too! LOL!
Dave Briggs :~)
Posted by: Dave Briggs | December 31, 2007 9:44 AM
she wants to send me to sea in a burning vessel
The question is, alive or dead?
Posted by: Graculus | January 1, 2008 7:05 AM
I don't ask questions that I don't really want to know the answers to
Posted by: CR McClain | January 1, 2008 12:31 PM
I'm an avid diver and this is agreat place to be laid to rest.
Posted by: Greg | May 11, 2008 6:13 AM