glass tunnels allowing those in vehicles to look at what's under the sea duing their journey by road or rail
-- sukiyaki, Nov 26 2008

I, too would rather take the raik, to avoid accidents caused by drivers goggling at the scenery.
-- FlyingToaster, Nov 26 2008


complete with fish viewing rest areas
-- sukiyaki, Nov 26 2008


Are fish that interested in rest areas?
-- theleopard, Nov 26 2008


glass enclosed rest areas for viewing sea-life
-- sukiyaki, Nov 27 2008


How will you deal with air pressure, air exchange, condensation, land-slides, earthquakes, auto accidents, and mussle build-ups?
-- Voice, Nov 27 2008


tunnel is similular to walk-through aquiriums and seaworld
-- sukiyaki, Nov 27 2008


nice concept.
-- po, Nov 27 2008


I wonder why they didn't make the channel tunnel out of glass?
-- wagster, Nov 27 2008


There probably is a reason. Who knows? Crazy engineers.
-- theleopard, Nov 27 2008


It's pretty dark and murky at the bottom of most oceans, what with all the constant rain of dead creatures floating down from higher up - in all but the most tropical of oceans. It wouldn't be long before the glass is coated with a murky layer consisting of fishbones, algae, the corpses of ex-plankton, old boots, pirate treasure - all the usual stuff - what would be needed is some kind of wiping device so that the view of the pitch-black depths could remain unobscured.

But perhaps it would be nice to create an underwater network of interconnecting tubes to link up lands in a tropical archipelago - an area like the Caribbean would benefit massively* from land-connections between islands, and maybe even to the mainland.

*actual benefits may not materialise
-- zen_tom, Nov 27 2008


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-- apnea, Nov 27 2008


Drive a BMW, it beats the bendz.
-- 4whom, Nov 27 2008



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