London’s Thames is now home to a group of sculptures depicting four horses and riders. They appear and disappear with the rise and fall of its waters.

London’s Thames River is now home to a group of sculptures depicting four horses and riders. They have been installed on the river’s South Bank and are visible depending on the rise and fall of the waters.
The work, called ‘The Rising Tide’ and created by British artist Jason deCaires Taylor, is intended to raise awareness about the environmental issues plaguing our planet. 

Each of the horses is created in life-like proportion and detail, but their heads have been replaced by the similarly shaped mechanisms of petroleum pu