Subway cars are dumped into the sea

New York subway cars are being hurled into the Atlantic, to create artificial reefs for millions of fish.

Images © Stephen Mallon

New York photographer Stephen Mallon capture the New York subway cars dumped into the sea.

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A recycling program by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, retiring for the past decade, over 2500 subways cars to the sea creating artificial coral reefs.

The recycled subway cars are now home to millions of sea life.

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Stephen Mallon‘s images will be on display at New York University‘s Kimmel Galleries from February 6th to March 15.

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via NYobserver