Waterlicht Museumplein Amsterdam by Daan Roosegaarde
"Waterlicht shows how the Netherlands would look without waterworks; a virtual flood."
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Exquisite art installation shows Amsterdam flooded with water made from light
Twenty-six percent of the Netherlands is below sea level; for centuries man has been holding back the tides to keep the country from flooding. Dikes, dams, pumps and other defenses have kept the area from a watery fate, but would happen if those interventions weren’t there?
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