Compare the EcoSphere: http://www.eco-sphere.com
I had one; amusing, though seemed finicky about lighting.
A sealed bottle garden thriving after 40 years without fresh air or water
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#12Compare the EcoSphere: http://www.eco-sphere.com I had one; amusing, though seemed finicky about lighting.
Ah, I see they include a magnet to clean the inside of the glass. Good idea!
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#13This is motivation to try to repeat the experiment, in my opinion .. would be a great Instructable, with the last step: wait 50 years or so .. ;)
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#14A clear balloon containing an ecosystem would heat up due to the greenhouse effect. If it's sufficiently large and allowed to slightly expand it could float freely in the air. Imagine closed gardens flying freely around the world.
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#15Reminds me of the movie: "the journey to the center of the earth"
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#16Compare the EcoSphere: http://www.eco-sphere.com I had one; amusing, though seemed finicky about lighting.
> EcoSpheres have an average life expectancy of two years.
Very interesting, I had thought they were sustainable for much longer than that. I suppose even the most tightly controlled starting conditions will lead to unpredictable results when you have organisms reproducing.
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#17What if we build a huge sealed bottle garden and send to Mars, can humans live in it!
The only problem is getting it to Mars. Space travel isn't hard or anything, and surviving the rigors of space flight isn't easy.
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#18Hmm can we open the bottle and test if the water is indeed from 1972?
I mean how can we actually test that this guy isn't just making things up, and wasn't opening the bottle to water the ecosystem?
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#19Compare the EcoSphere: http://www.eco-sphere.com I had one; amusing, though seemed finicky about lighting.
> EcoSpheres have an average life expectancy of two years. Very interesting, I had thought they were sustainable for much longer than that. I suppose even the most tightly controlled starting conditions will lead to unpredictable results when you have organisms reproducing.
I still have one. The shrimp were alive for about 2 years. Now there are other organisms...
I think these are more about the incredible toughness of the shrimp involved. Their native habitat consists of rainwater puddles held in volcanic rock, so the shrimposphere is probably fairly luxurious.
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#20Easiest explanation: they're fibbing. Somebody opens the bottle regularly. There's no reason to take every extraordinary claim posted on the internet at face value. Next we'll see bigfoot photos?
Sure the guy pictured is charismatic and harmless. Why does that lend credence? Reminds me of the pointless picture of somebody cute accompanying every internet ad these days.