BREEF Coral Reef Sculpture Garden & Nursery- Ocean Atlas

I Brought My Daughter to a Coral Nursery in the Bahamas — and She Fell in Love With the Ocean

"Seen looming beneath the waves during my snorkel, the 5-meter, 60-ton 'Ocean Atlas' by Jason deCaires Taylor—modeled after a 13-year-old Bahamian girl—presents a crouching figure whose massive right hand lies flat at shoulder level as if lifting the ocean. Made mostly of pH-neutral cement, stainless steel, and basalt, the sculpture doubles as the world's largest underwater sculpture and an artificial reef that encourages coral growth (I even saw brain coral growing on her brain), provides habitat for marine life, and delivers a powerful, intergenerational message about shouldering the responsibility of conservation." - Ross Kenneth Urken Ross Kenneth Urken Ross Kenneth Urken is a journalist, travel writer, and memoirist. He has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Newsweek, New York, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines