Jordan Unveils Underwater Military Museum

Jordan's armed forces have provided 19 antique pieces to the Jordanian underwater museum. Each piece can now be found 92 feet (or 28 meters) below the surface at a new spot known as the Underwater Military Museum Dive Site.

Though the concept sounds odd, sinking the old gear could actually help improve the local marine environment.

"Artificial reefs do have important value," Cindy Zipf, executive director of Clean Ocean Action, a New Jersey-based environmental coalition, said. "They just have to be the right materials that are suitable for that habitat."

"What you're trying to mimic when you're creating an artificial reef is the natural habitat," Zipf said." I think the emphasis should be on habitat and the protection of the marine life, rather than the repurposing the material as a museum."

The Jordanian museum and the Long Island sire aren't the only ones out there. As CNN explained, Bahrain has its own underwater museum. For its unique pe, it sank a Boeing 747 airplane off the artificial island of Diyar Al Muharraq. Turkey also has a spot with a sunken Airbus jet near the northwestern coast along the Gallipoli Peninsula, according to BBC.

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