League Of Legends players worked with developer Riot Games to create an artificial reef, shaped like champion Nautilus, to drop in Moreton Bay, Australia.
Now, a local diver has shared a look at how that reef is faring seven years later.Taking to Reddit, user AussieEquiv shared a series of images, tracking Nautilus’ evolution from hunk of artificial reef to useful, important part of the ecological environment.“Hey all, You might remember some of my posts previously on the statue but for those new Players I’m a member of The URGQ SCUBA Dive Club who are the custodians of Curtin Artificial Reef.
The resting place for the Nautilus Statue,” started the post.“I have been lucky enough to dive it at various times over the years but it’s been a while since I got back to it.
Recently someone reached out and I was in the area for a Marine Debris Clean Up dive so I stopped by to check it out,” they explained before sharing a series of images including some a few days after it was sunk, 2.5 years later and over six years later.The Nautilus Reef Project – Artificial Reef Sunk by Riot Games in 2016 – 6 Years on https://t.co/dmVWG6xnml pic.twitter.com/j51OLTXWWw— Ian Steelback (@ianstbck) June 22, 2022“Didn’t have much time to hang about and get more pictures (was on a mission to clean rubbish!) and the visibility was a bit “meh”,” they continued.
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