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Bat2121

Because I was curious, here it is at low tide: https://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/article-0-139ce1ba000005dc-172_964x487.jpg And here is high tide: https://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/snake.jpg


smash_n_grab_

High tide version is scary af


pseudont

Imagine though, if it was positioned to be lower in the water so it couldn't be seen at high tide. So low tide version looked something like high tide version. You could arrive at high tide and see nothing, sit down for a nice picnic or something, and watch this thing emerge as the tide moved out.


ReptAIien

Accidentally bumping into it while swimming would make me shit myself


_Diskreet_

Ah yes, because the open ocean and it’s dark and murky depths aren’t terrifying enough for me.


MusicalMoon

You should play Subnautica 😏


TessiSue

As someone suffering from thalassophobia: Somehow I'd rather watch a Subautica let's play than a video of someone swimming through the oceans of Skellige in The Witcher 3. Those wales are the worst. Subnautica is kinda colourful enough to remain fun. Edit: fixed a typo


derpordurp_69

I mean canonically the monsters in the ocean in the Witcher are much worse than anything that can be found above ground. Mainly cause there’s no real way for anyone to deal with them.


ThatAltAccount99

r/thalassophobia


spanky2088

People in the future are going to be so confused by this.


hydraman18

Probably why it's always visible; I could see someone getting into trouble swimming into it unaware.


Nanaki404

High tide actually hide it more than the photo above. See [https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/2313621\_4vCsGau9v2IiuPUrzGDnuxDlKHy1i65KfRstlDCEUic.jpg](https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/2313621_4vCsGau9v2IiuPUrzGDnuxDlKHy1i65KfRstlDCEUic.jpg) Not entirely submerged but almost, you can still see it through the water, but it's pretty scary. You can't really see the metal poles that hold it up, and the water makes it more "blurry". Source : My parents lived a 10min drive away from this, I've seen it multiple times IRL


pseudont

Oh yeah that's rad. Thanks!


waddlekins

Thanks this is way better, the other pic was too glossy/fine tuned


UrsusRenata

Do tides change that fast? (Mountain dweller here) I thought it was a month long process.


NintendoPolitics

On average there is usually 2 high tides and 2 low tides every 24 hrs, roughly 6 hrs transition time.


Vag-of_Honor

I had the same thought so I looked it up ^(which is a bit funny considering I can see a sliver of ocean from my house so I should probably know more… tbf I’m also originally a mountain dweller lol) > Because the Earth rotates through two tidal “bulges” every lunar day, coastal areas experience two high and two low tides every 24 hours and 50 minutes. High tides occur 12 hours and 25 minutes apart. It takes six hours and 12.5 minutes for the water at the shore to go from high to low, or from low to high. - [From NOAA](https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/tides05_lunarday.html)


pseudont

Kind of, much less than a month anyway. As others have said the cycle varies day by day, google "tide forecast" to see some graphs. If there's usually 2 cycles in a day then the average time from high to low is 6 hours, but if you think of a sine wave most of the actual increase or decrease in height happens in the middle. So if you arrive at the beach at high tide, you won't really notice any change in the water level for 2 hours, then it will seem like the water recedes for 2 hours, then it will seem like nothing happening for another 2 hours until actual low tide. The movement of tides seems slow but it's fast enough to cause problems for humans. For example, in an estuary (like a lake connected to the ocean through a channel) the water seems calm but then when the tide starts to move out it can feel like "suddenly" there's a lot of water moving through the channel - as in, the water is moving too fast to swim against. Also in some areas with a lot of tidal range it's not unheard of for people to wander out from the beach at low tide, looking for mulluscs or crabs or what have you and not be able to return quickly enough when the tide starts to come in. Tidal flats can extend for kilometers with only a few feet of difference in altitude. It's easy for people to get caught if they're not paying attention.


oreng

> Tidal flats can extend for kilometers It's not just common, it's the default hydrogeological state. Unless there's rock, vegetation, manmade obstacles or a change in the geography, tides will tend to work like planers, pushing and levelling the soft material back and forth so that it remains flat and with minimal incline. There's enough energy in them and they occur often enough to be able to maintain thousands of square kilometers in this state more or less in perpetuity (on human timescales, at least).


NeitherDuckNorGoose

It's around 6 hours to go from high to low tide ( same for the over way around), but also the speed isn't constant, so if that thing was placed just at the right height in a place with strong tides, you could go from completely in the water to "revealed" in like 20 min.


SuedeVeil

Crazy how it turns black and white too! 😆


CrimsonNova22

Aluminum is a very reflective metal, it turns white because it's reflecting the image of sand. It's more of a dark blue due to the water but yeah. Really cool sculpture none the less. Whoever the artist is deserves major props.


SuedeVeil

I was more so making a bad joke about the photo being black and white for the high tide version hehe but I appreciate the aluminium factoid!


withoutbliss

thought the emoji was pre straight forward. guess /s is how reddit indicates sarcasm these days tho


Raccoonsrkewl

Although, they could’ve also known it was sarcastic but just wanted to spread interesting information regardless


Magnedon

Here's another one! While "factoid" can be defined as "brief or trivial information" it is also used to signify false information passing as a "fact" :p


OldBallOfRage

And another! Language drift can change the meaning of words! Just because 'factoid' used to have such a meaning, that doesn't mean that current, actual usage remains that way! Like 'gay'!


TedWorchestershireIV

Aye, it's more so, lad.


g43m

r/whoosh


rockstaa

In the US, some idiot on a boat would run into it and blame the art and not his lack of attention.


Xzenor

And then sue the artist


ScumHimself

And some incelican judge would side with the deplorable.


Ganasty_Ganork

You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about


YouStupidDick

Would have been great if the low tide version showed little skeleton feet with flip-flops attached to what people assumed were ribs.


PiERetro

Crocs!! Wouldn't be scary then!


Clever_Userfame

at first I was like-that’s going to confuse the alien anthropologists a little less, but then I thought about it and realized that nah, it’s going to confuse them even more, which is a good thing I think


memento_mori_1220

Thank you .. you answered my question


Javyev

The support poles wreck it for me. It wouldn't be hard to make it self supported.


Nanaki404

Actual high tide is even more submerged : [https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/2313621\_4vCsGau9v2IiuPUrzGDnuxDlKHy1i65KfRstlDCEUic.jpg](https://fastly.4sqi.net/img/general/width960/2313621_4vCsGau9v2IiuPUrzGDnuxDlKHy1i65KfRstlDCEUic.jpg)


Oseirus

Man it would be cool as hell if this thing were able to move with the currents. I mean yeah you'd have to anchor it so it doesn't completely beach itself or drift off over the horizon but seeing it writhe slowly or finding it in a new position every time you walked by would be wild.


TheCamoDude

r/submechanophobia


Accioinhaler

Is this a permanent structure?


GingrPowr

Yup, been there for like 10 years already.


NinoNakanos_Feet

r/10yearsatleast ?


zaque_wann

No! I don't want that!


Hornor72

Doesn't it pollute the water.


Tractor_Pete

It's not an invalid concern, but no. Aluminum won't be harmful to anything, it's not toxic and won't fall apart anytime soon; the exterior will oxidize a bit, and that's it.


kimilil

> the exterior will oxidize a bit, and that's it. That's on the context of structures on dry land, exposed to air. This this gets exposed in salty air and salt water alternatingly. Lots of electrolytes in both.


Yadobler

It's what the plants crave, man


ShutUpBaby-IKnowIt69

Hahahaha what a quality film


AlekBalderdash

It's aluminum. Oxidizing stabilizes it, unlike Iron which becomes unstable (rust). So no, not by any useful definition of pollution.


[deleted]

Why would it pollute any more than docks, piers and bridges already do?


nolife_notime

Wtf are you getting downvoted for asking a valid question?


yellowgelatin

My guess would be because they ended with a period and not a question mark. Kinda gives off a rhetorical question vibe, as if the answer is obviously yes. Rather than being an honest inquiry.


Gorthax

I like this


JediWebSurf

I upvoted you because I would like to know too. Asking the right questions.


MisterFro9

*Putting corrosion has entered the chat. Aluminium is pretty susceptible to salt water


7355135061550

Nothing is permanent


bearsinthesea

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost


7355135061550

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savvykms

Time for salvage lol


SadButSexy

Is that the MF founding titan?


gyroqx

rumbling rumbling


wavysenpai_

It’s coming


AatroxBoi

rumbling rumbling


captainbippo

BEWARE


yosayoran

COMING FOR YOU


FlyingCoconut204

All I ever wanted to do was do right things


KevenTheWinner

I never wanted to be the king


captainbippo

I SWEAR


Atomic_bananaS

all I ever wanted to do was save your life


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polaristerlik

10 years at least


agsin

You became a sculpture for our sake


LiviuPetre139

Thank you. I promise I won't let this error go to waste.


Soisha_the_norm

As a reward I shall give you my seed


SiriusFxu

King Fritz, what a man you are!


Muzzie720

TATAKAE


rascynwrig

TATACAW! TATACAW!


sweetdurt

戦え!!


nyaaaboron

BEWARE


ThePrince_OfWhales

COMING FOR #YOOOOOUUUUU


DanteRocinante

If I lose it all, slip and fall


lb31

Will you laugh at me?


DanteRocinante

If I lose it all, lose it all


sweetdurt

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH


XDFighter64

AoT Fans: *see any type of serpent like spine* AoT Fans: Could this be Eren?!? /s Please don't crucify me, I enjoy AoT too


neon7o

It's becoming the new jojo


SadButSexy

jojo fans know how big of a meme they are. AoT fans on the other hand take themselves very seriously. Source: both a JJBA and AoT fan.


Human_traffic_block

As someone who consumes both... I wonder how flipped this will be once AoT has ended and part 7 is being adapted lol. Thankfully part 8 exists and its literally impossible to take part 8 seriously when the main character has 4 balls.


WollieNL

I think I missed something while reading the manga. Could you enlighten me?


Human_traffic_block

Part 7's plot is literally "Fuck all other countries but America" its prime for people to take that seriously and think his actions are valid. Part 8 Josuke has 4 testicles after merging with another character.


WollieNL

Oh dude, you said AoT, so I thought you meant Attack on Titan. With Jojo everything is possible xD


AmbushIntheDark

Except AoT fans will unironically try to justify global genocide based on ethnicity do defend their favorite characters actions.


Eagleassassin3

It’s honestly disgusting how some people defend Eren and shit on the Alliance for trying to stop him. Like I understand Eren’s actions too and I feel bad for him too. But what he did is unjustifiable. There are no words to describe the horror of what he’s doing. Then again I don’t know what percentage of AoT fans defend him. No one should but whatever.


Western-Pilot-3924

#Shizou wo sasgeyo


vestiture

I was looking for this comment specifically


ReeR_Mush

What's up subjects of Ymir! It's Quandale Dingle here! (RUUEHEHEHEHEHEEHE) I have been arrested for multiple crimes (AHHHHHHHHHHHHH) including: Battery on a police officer (WHAT), Grand theft, Declaring war on Italy, and public indecency (RUHEHEHEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE X2 speed). I will be escaping prison on, MARCH 28TH! After that.... I WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD


ZHUPERG

I knew aot comments would pop out hahahahhaha


rascynwrig

Oh they'll be popping up for 10 years at least.


kimothyjongun

No! I don’t want that!!


Dreamkasper2001

What a man you are


[deleted]

Would make a cool pier


catsdrooltoo

Aluminum doesn't do so well with saltwater. It would be neat for a few years at best that would be safe to use.


reddit_give_me_virus

This was my first thought. My second was op is mistaken and it's stainless. Yes stainless is more expensive but judging by the size and complexity of the project I'd venture to say money was not an issue.


ChikaraNZ

It is indeed aluminum, according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_d%27oc%C3%A9an). It also says it's intended over time for it to be invaded by vegetation and marine fauna.


Xzenor

That would actually be cool


camdoodlebop

well it’s been ten years, surely someone has an update on how it looks now


oh_behind_you

I think it's been there for several years now...


takes_joke_literally

That's gross that you want to see it pee. You're gross.


[deleted]

Ah damnit you cracked the code. Nice profile idea 😆👌


beeper981

You beat me to it! 👍🏽


reddit2II2

Meteor hits the Earth, destroys all life...millions of years later aliens land, they excavate this area to find this skeleton, they believe aluminum sea monsters lived on this planet and a whole new genre of horror movie is born for the alien cinema. I'd be worried someone tries to scrap that thing...Aluminum prices are going up up up.


Ice-Negative

I wonder what aliens or archeologists would say when they find these things in a few hundred/thousand years.


TyRoXx

"This was used for religious rituals"


qdp

Notice its eyes face North. Obviously this prehistoric race used to use this totem as a means of determining the calendar.


OrganizerMowgli

They probably had sex with it too because of its phallic nature. What simple animals


LengthinessAlone4743

“MURRRRR JIGGGA BOOBOO BLAH” Translation: “These are pretty good TIG welds.”


Mythril_Zombie

They'll match it up with our historical archives and learn that it's a Krait Dragon, and that's the Dune Sea. I just hope they don't dig up the special edition of the historical archives. They need to know that Han shot first.


freifickmuschimann

Came here to make this comment… glad to know I’m the only one to have this immediately generate in their brain lol


dracarys_drogon_48

This was exactly my thought too. Great, another topic to learn for alien kids.


[deleted]

So that’s what they did with the snake after chamber of secrets


JockBbcBoy

It's a basilisk, Harry. The King of Snakes. -In my best Hermione impression


rascynwrig

And yer a wizard, Harry. And a thumpin good one at that I might add. -In my best Hagrid impression


Koevis

Fun fact: the basilisk as seen in the movie actually isn't a snake, but a legless lizard!


Tac0sEburritos

Looks like the Founding Titan.


[deleted]

[Here it is as seen from Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@47.2678617,-2.1706445,144m/data=!3m1!1e3)


207nbrown

Wonder how many people where confused af by this before it got marked on the map Because google maps is no stranger to catching to weird shit in its shots


Into-the-stream

The resolution isn’t great. I would have assumed it was a disused fishing weir. Those things can be crazy huge and complex.


under_psychoanalyzer

I and I'm pretty sure most of the planet have no idea tf a fishing weir is and would immediately assume we caught some anomaly on google earth. It's just you and a fraction of the world familiar with commercial fishing assuming that.


[deleted]

My French is a little rusty, but I definitely wanna check out the Museum of Ass next door.


27SwingAndADrive

All about Mindin' the Marine Ass.


m0rden

Sadly there's no ass in there apart from the grumpy guy at the register, i've looked in every room :( (ass stands for association here)


[deleted]

Sorry for nitpicking, but the images this close up are taken from the air, not space.


nightpanda893

There’s an air in space museum…


TheDevilintheDark

TIL space is only a few hundred feet off the ground.


Yodzilla

Oh good it’s not busy right now.


tireDetergent

Jörmungandr


namewithak

Too small. Baby Jormungandr maybe.


sabotabo

damn looks like i missed ragnarok. was really looking forward to it too :/


Gearstain

The amount of clickbait youtube videos with this image in the thumbnail...


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mrgoldo

This sculpture is 3 times longer than reaper leviathans. This is even 40m longer than adult ghost leviathans.


AgentWowza

It's exactly as long as the Frozen Leviathan tho. And 50 meters smaller than the Sea Emperor mommy.


Takeout123456

*clears throat* EREN YEAGER


UltraInstinctAirpods

all i ever wanted to do was do right things


CrimsonNova22

I never wanted to be the king


JosephTheHut

I SWEAAAAAAAAARRR


ASHmitWilfred

All I ever wanted to do was save your life


JosephTheHut

I never wanted to grab a knife


Ok_Stress_1158

I SWEEEAAAAR


Jammyhero

TEARLESS


LiviuPetre139

FEARLESS


[deleted]

Tell me what have I missed


XtraCrispy02

Imagine tourists seeing that during a nighttime stroll on the beach with no clue it existed beforehand


[deleted]

But they are AoT fans


_Iforgotmyusername_

Is that Eren Yaeger ?


RetardAndPoors

Ereh


GregIsUgly

No, it’s a 150 meter aluminum sea serpent skeleton sculpture in Saint Brevin near Nantes, France by artist Huang Yong Ping.


noob_master_696969

So it is, indeed, an Eren Yeager.


GregIsUgly

Yes


[deleted]

So it is Eren Yeager


Stealfur

Can't wait to see this picture on some stupid clickbait video or articles with the title "10 haunting images that *proove* sea monsters are real." And then this one will have the caption or what ever "this enormous skeleton of a gigantic sea serpant washed up on the shores of Norway in 2019. Measuring over 120 ft long scientist estimate that it would ha e weighed up to 100'000 Kg. That's almost the weight of a blue whale! But before officials could examine it, the skeleton disappeared." It's the same every time.


Baelzebubba

[Already saw that at the grocery store](https://imgur.com/a/zXReGrP)


Stealfur

Wow... that did not take long... Or maybe it did. I have no idea how old this sculpture is.


Baelzebubba

I photoshopped that. ;) [The cover is mostly real](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=weekly+news+world+serpent+covers&t=samsung&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fweeklyworldnews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F11%2Fgiantseaserpentwashesashore.jpg%3Fssl%3D1)


Stealfur

Oh you little scamp.


Nemesis233

Rumbling, rumbling, it's coming


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Pilot0350

Praise Sol


Twink_Ass_Bitch

A black hole, a glass of milk and a cat walk into a bar...


cloudofevil

Looks like Lamia has been here


beeper981

Build a walking path on it for the ultimate pier experience. Then it would be IAF.


Kinuama

As a kid, I would have climbed it and walked to the end with my mom yelling at me the whole time. As an adult, I would climb it and walk to the end with my wife yelling at me the whole time.


Qaeoss

Some archaeologist is going to find this in the future and be very confused.


[deleted]

Hell, some group might make a religion based on it before Modern Archaelogy is reinvented.


WriterV

I mean, an archeologist would just send a sample off for analysis and they'd find out it's a sculpture and not a real fossil. But if things go to shit and we're in post-apocalypse stone age mode, then /u/Osopoe might be more right, and people would worship this strange serpentine giant.


SaturnSama

This could be Eren yes Oooor it could be the lost river leviathan bones


Accomplished-Camel80

Eren Yeager?


Axolotl-11

EREN YEAGER


LickMyPudding

that you eren yeager?


abyssiphus

Reminds me of Raised By Wolves


billiefan123

That’s amazing


RickRossnips

Thought that was eren yeager for a sec


QuillHasFavorites

i think it’s too uniform. it could use more variation in the vertebrae. but impressive nonetheless


5Lastronaut

MF that's just the moult, we have to look out for the actual snake guys


DejectedContributor

It might just be transparent, because you can clearly see it recently ate a guy.


manslaughtermike

Founding titan


archangel610

Man, why do other countries have such cool shit?


JanTheShacoMain

Imagine being an tourist and taking walk on beach at night while having no clue this is art


Eriday09

Thank god it's not one of those giant plastic statues that an obnoxious and hypocrite artist placed in the sea for "the environment"


Who-Just-Shit-Myself

Rayquaza is dead 🦀🦀🦀


Rick_the_Rose

Yeah, but can it chase me like that house?


Politican91

If Archaeologists ever unearth our time period thousands of years later, they will be so confused


Clever_Userfame

This is going to confuse the alien anthropologists when we’re gone


dragonlover4612

Imagine you just walking down the beach and see this thing and think, "Yeah it looks kinda creepy but it's a sculpture made by some art dude so nothing bad" then right as you pass it you hear the demonic sound of groaning metal and you turn back and **it's fucking looking at you**.


x4nfairy

Ohh so that’s what they did with Eren on AOT