The Floating Piers Allow Visitors to Walk on Water (PHOTOS)

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A bright yellow pathway, part of Christo's recent art project, gives visitors a chance to walk across the waters of Lake Iseo in Northern Italy.

ByEuna Park•June 21, 2016

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People walk on the monumental installation entitled 'The Floating Piers' created by artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff on Iseo Lake, in northern Italy, on June 18, 2016. Some 200,000 floating cubes create a 3-kilometers runway connecting the village of Sulzano to the small island of Monte Isola on the Iseo Lake for a 16-day outdoor installation opening today. (MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP/Getty Images)

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For 16 days, visitors will be able to walk on the waters of a Lake Iseo, a quiet lake in Northern Italy.

Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude first conceived the idea of The Floating Piers in 1970. Though his wife and artistic partner, Jean-Claude passed away in 2009, Christo continued their collaboration. The Floating Piers is their first large-scale project completed since The Gates in 2005.

The Floating Piers extends roughly 1.86 miles long and 52 feet wide and is covered with 24 acres of shimmering yellow fabric. The floating dock itself is composed of 220,000 high-density polyethylene cubes that undulate with the waves of the water. "The Floating Piers are an extension of the street and belong to everyone," Christo said on the project website.

"Those who experience The Floating Piers will feel like they are walking on water - or perhaps the back of the whale," Christo said. "The light and water will transform the bright yellow fabric to shades of red and gold throughout the [16] days."

The piers is free admission and open to the public, with access depending on the weather and other factors.

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