STONE me – this floating rock is truly a sight to behold from the shoreline.
Sailors watched in amazement as the jagged boat, which blends seamlessly into the cliffs, cruises through Marseille, France.
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Sailors were baffled when they saw this ‘floating stone’ cruise ship near MarseilleCredit: Julien Berthier/Kennedy News
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It looks as if part of the jagged cliffs has broken away from the shoreCredit: Julien Berthier/Kennedy News
The crazy camouflaged ship is the brainchild of 46-year-old artist Julien Berthier.
It took him six weeks to restore the old boat using mostly polystyrene and epoxy resin.
And the painstakingly accurate painting makes it look like a natural boulder that has swayed away from the shore.
The stunning video shows the ship, aptly named L’invisible, drifting smoothly in the Mediterranean Sea.
Julien said: “It’s more like a cave inside a ship.
“You can fit a lot of people in there, but it’s a bit cramped.
“The ship’s center of gravity has changed since we updated it, so it can wobble a bit. When the water is a little rough, the waves are felt much more.
“There are two entrances in the rock, one to get to the top and one at the back so you can start the engine.”
The art project began in September 2020, but restrictions due to Covid meant the ship didn’t launch until this summer.
Julien from Paris added: “I wanted to create something that encroached on the landscape as little as possible.
“As an artist these days everything can be about being as loud as possible, standing out as much as possible on Instagram and social media.
“With this I wanted to go completely backwards and make sure it blended in with the streams around Marseille.
“When it’s next to the rocks, the ship is really camouflaged against them, almost invisible before it gets away.
“It has a survival element. I wanted it to blend in with nature as much as possible.”
“We’re building fake islands to take territory out of the water, and I wanted to play with another element of that.
“Because of the way you move around the ship, the landscape is constantly changing.
“You can look at the rocks for a second, and when you turn around a moment later, they have changed in a subtle way.”
Julien built a rock ship as part of a residency organized by fellow artist Thomas Mailaender for the TUBA Club hotels.
In May, we told how a giant container ship appeared to be floating on the sea off Kent, caused by a strange optical illusion.
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Artist Julien Berthier made it from an old rubber boat Credit: Julien Berthier/Kennedy News
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The extravagant creation really rocks the boatCredit: Julien Berthier/Kennedy News
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The ship is aptly named L’invisibleCredit: Julien Berthier/Kennedy NewsShip LEBRI off the Kent coast as a mind-bending optical illusion leaves witnesses baffled
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