Wednesday, August 10, 2011

moving icebergs

Iceberg illustration

i totally thought this was a real photograph at first! but it turns out it's just amazing art instead :)

but there's more behind this post than just cool art. georges mougin, a french engineer, has plans of going to antarctica, roping up a 6 million ton iceberg, and dragging it all the way back to africa to melt into fresh, drinkable water.

it sounds absolutely crazy! and at the same time - completely possible! there's actually talk of giving this a try in 2012 or 2013...a lot sooner than i expected!

you can read more about this amazing idea here.