The picture depicts nuclear rods immersed in cooling water. There was a triple nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants and no one knows where the melted rods went. I did the painting using fluorescent colors in an attempt to depict the Cherenkov glow! You can read more about this picture in my blog at www.maryloudauray.com; click on blog; and then click on the blog entitled "The Fukushima Meltdowns--Our Unforgiving Legacy".