Literally sleeping with the fishes

Even though it’s a bit counter intuitive, I generally find cemetaries quite peaceful places. They usually have people taking very good care of them, time and love has clearly been lavished on all the stones and memorials, and they can be (even in London - the Magnificent Seven) beautiful and moving. I also love to scuba dive, even though I haven’t done it much. But I’m not entirely sold on the idea of an underwater cemetary, like the Neptune Memorial Reef. When I first saw it I thought it was an actual cemetery that had been flooded, which was mega creepy. But it’s a purpose-built underwater facility where ashes are mixed with concrete and placed in a pleasing layout underwater, and then where people are encouraged to visit. Slightly less creepy but only very slightly. The pictures are pretty incredible, and you can even choose exactly where your concrete block is going to sit. But it IS creepy. And I wonder how the environmental impact of putting concrete blocks on the seabed compares to just burying bodies in the earth everywhere.

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