Biosphere 1 is earth. Biosphere 2 was built in the eighties and early nineties for research. Maybe some of you remember the experiment of folks living inside the self contained space for two years.
The facility is now used by the University of Arizona for a variety of research topics and as a conference center.
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| Biosphere 2 |
The interior had three climate areas.
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| Ocean (and wetlands) |
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| Desert |
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| Rain Forest |
The infrastructure to maintain the biosphere is tremendous.
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| The lung, that stores and releases air as the pressure varies with temperature. |
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| The lung. |
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| Housing in the conference center. |
The two year live-in experiment was supposed to gain knowledge applicable to a possible space mission. Lots of information was gathered, but no self sufficient space dwellings with plants and animals has yet resulted! Helen
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