The Sad State of Biosphere 2, Sixteen Years Later

Biosphere 2 was an ambitious project to create a self-sustaining gigantic sealed structure where people can live indefinitely. It ended up as a failure in many ways. Sixteen years after the last inhabitants left, photographer Noah Sheldon captured the current state with a series of eerie and captivating photos.

By Dahlia Rideout

Biosphere 2

Images copyright "Noah Sheldon":http://www.noahsheldon.com Built in just under four years and completed in 1991, Biosphere 2 was intended to study five areas of the natural biomes, their agricultural area, and to observe our living/working space. Specifically how we interact with each other under such confined circumstances. Unfortunately the research was never completed.

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