Underwater Jesus Statues

Worship knows no boundaries – and nowhere is this more evident than with the various underwater Jesus statues – Christ of the Abyss – located around the world.

The underwater Jesus statues, located in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Florida, USA, the Tyrrhenian Sea near Giglio Island in Italy, and off the coast of St. George in the Caribbean, are popular diving attractions, but also draw people from around the world for underwater worship, marriage ceremonies, burials and annual religious processions.

All three statues depict Christ with his arms raised in blessing.

Best Place Grenada’s Underwater Museum Update

Internationally renowned sculpture and installation artist Jason deCaires Taylor recently sent us some updated images from his Moiliniere Bay underwater museum in Grenada.“After three years beneath the Grenadian waters the latest growth of sponges, tunicates, hydroids, soft and hard corals has been beyond all expectations,” explains deCaires Taylor.Moilinere Bay is now home to sixty-five sculptures, covering an area of 800sq.m (8600sq.ft). It is located two miles (3.2kms) north of the capital St Georges on the west coast of the island, within an area designated as a National Marine Park.Jason deCaires Taylor’s underwater museums are designed to promote love of the ocean and to preserve marine life and increase bio-diversity.

Best 10 Coolest Google Earth Finds

This heart-shaped island in the Adriatic became a hit on Google Earth for Valentine's Day. The uninhabited island is only 130,000 square yards and is called Galesnjak. The owner didn't even know how perfectly this island off the Croatian coast was until he was swamped with requests from couples to stay there.

Dubbed the "Badlands Guardian" by locals, this geological marvel (Google Earth coordinates 50.010083,-110.113006) in Alberta, Canada, bears an uncanny resemblance to a human head wearing a full Native American headdress--and earphones, to boot. Of course, The Guardian was produced naturally.

A synthetic wonder that can be truly appreciated only from above, this giant man-shaped lake (-21.805149,-49.089977) is located near Bauru, Brazil.

This fingerprint can be found in Hove Park, near Brighton and Hove in the UK. It measures 38 metres around. Imagine the size of the hand.

Lion, at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England.

Some of the sights you find in Google Earth are just plain mysterious. For example, why is a fighter jet parked (Google Earth coordinates 48.825183,2.1985795) in what looks to be a residential neighborhood lot near Paris?

This is a US Navy building in Coronado, Ca. that was unintentionally built in the shape of a swastika. Now, because of a public uproar, the Navy will be spending $600,000 to alter the shape of the building.

In the early days of Firefox, a few devoted fans wanted to generate more PR for their beloved site and so gathered a team of people in Amity, Oregon, to recreate the Firefox logo in a field; their very own fox crop.

Last year, one of the Google Earth Community members called 'ear1grey' posted an amazing discovery. He found a huge picture (36 miles tall) of Santa!

So here's a giant Ipod Shuffle! It looks like a farmer's field with a horse pen or something on it? Either that or a hard core apple enthusiast. Unfortunately, it looks like he moved the pen on the map since it was first spotted.

Google Earth doesn't have advertising, unless you consider the corporate logos and trademarks big enough to be seen from space. Check out this massive Coca-Cola logo (-18.529225,-70.25002) etched into a hillside of Chile with 70,000 Coke bottles. Haven't they heard of recycling?

Best World’s Tallest Statue of JESUS from POLAND

Statue of Christ the King high as 33 meters, has been established in the city Swiebodzin, Poland. With that height, the statue has become the world’s tallest statue of Jesus.

“I was never as happy as today. It is the culmination of my work as pendega,” said Sylwester Zawadzki, 78-year-old priest who created this statue, told local media.

Local City officials say high statue of Jesus was actually reached 51 m, if the foundation and crown of golden statues counted. Thus, they claim the statue in Swiebodzin higher than the statue of Jesus who was in Bolivia and Brazil.

Overall height statue of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is 40.4 m is the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as high as 38 m.
The cost of building a statue in Swiebodzin comes from private donations worldwide and pastor Zawadzki not willing to mention the cost.

The city government hopes the statue can promote their city and attract tourists from around the world. However some residents are not too enthusiastic to welcome the establishment of the statue was to argue the money would be better used for social projects.

Best The 25 Funniest Tombstones Of All Time

Nobody likes to die. It sucks because you don't get to find out who wins a lot of major sports championships that year and you miss out on the next exciting taste-explosion flavor of Doritos. You also crap your pants unintenionally and these creepy mortuary people put you in a fancy box and cover you in dirt. Personally, I'm just hoping one of these after life theories pans out and they have Direct TV wherever I go next.