Inside Biosphere 2, Arizona is a complete ecosystem meant to keep a group of people alive for months on end. That project ended years ago but the building remains and it’s worth a visit if you’re in the area! Just in case you didn’t see yesterday’s post, 3 hotel rooms going for free on the [...]
2009Tue18Aug
Growing Wild in the Biosphere
Filed in Arizona, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, Trees, United States
The visitor center at the Biosphere in Arizona.
Biosphere 2 in Arizona on a cold day in January last year.
2008Sun07Sep
Biosphere 2 desert and sky
Filed in Arizona, Automattic, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, United StatesBiosphere 2 in Arizona, from the outside with clouds.
2008Thu10Jul
Biosphere 2 Lung
Filed in Arizona, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, United StatesAs Biosphere 2 is a self contained and airtight structure the air inside would expand and contract on warm and cold days which could cause the building to explode or implode! Two lungs were built to cope with this effect. One of them is pictured above. As the air in the building warmed up the [...]
2008Mon07Jul
Biosphere 2
Filed in Architecture, Arizona, Automattic, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sky, United StatesBiosphere 2 lies in the dusty hot desert in Arizona. It was originally designed as a self contained “world” where scientists stayed for an extended period of time. After going through the tour, there’s no way I’d volunteer to spend my time inside. It must have been very difficult being cooped up in one building. [...]
2008Tue10Jun
No. 2400
Filed in Architecture, Arizona, Automattic, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Houses, Photos, Sky, United StatesAt Biosphere 2 in Arizona the land around the main building was sold to developers to fund the experiment and for maintenance. Unfortunately all the houses there looked very empty, but maybe that was because it was in January and in the off season.
2008Thu17Apr
Exit
Filed in Arizona, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Look up, Photos, Signs, United StatesThis way to the EXIT. This is a sign in Biosphere 2 in Arizona. Can you imagine how enticing it would be to get out of a building after spending a year inside there? Declan from O’Learys rang this morning. Good news. He got on to the boss at the Sigma repair company who told [...]
