Footage shows divers working around an old school bus resting on the seabed after it was sunk to create an artificial reef in the Philippines.
Video from October 17 shows the bus in waters off Barangay Baring on Olango Island, part of Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province.
The clip shows the white bus sitting upright on a sandy patch of sea floor dotted with coral as divers swim around it.
Several divers gather at its front, one holding a length of pipe and another a rope, as fish swim past.
The project was led by the city’s environment office and its coastal resource management team with the help of the local fire district and the Philippine Coast Guard, aiming to encourage marine life and particularly corals to grow inside the bus.
It took almost two months and involved taking the bus from mainland Lapu-Lapu to Olango, removing its engine and clearing hazardous materials to protect marine life, local media reported.
The fire district said the bus would also become a new dive site.
