Outside the Biosphere

These photos are in no way a complete visual of the outside of Biosphere. There's also a huge chunk of buildings that are a corollary to the biosphere itself -- buildings for offices, for visitors and admission, for films, and for conventions. I'm focusing on the main building, and some of the closer buildings.

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This is an external view of the library in the human habitat.

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Some of the glass panes of the biosphere from a different angle.

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A view of the glass from the south side of the biosphere -- the south side is also where the desert is inside the biosphere.

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Outside the south lung. When you first see the lungs, their odd shape makes you wonder what it does. After taking the tour, though, you'll learn.

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Those are some abandoned greenhouses. Before the biosphere and its numerous experiments were created, these greenhouses were made to see if some of the experiments they planned on doing were even possible. The experiments were successful, and so they moved it to the full-scale biosphere. These greenhouses now lie in disrepair, sadly, and it's my hope someday to explore through them.

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This is on the southern ridge of the biosphere property. I cannot remember what the function of that building is, but I believe it's related to conventions.

And beyond the buildings, there's interesting wildlife near the biosphere as well. Particularly notable are all the insect varieties.

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A rather large wasp.

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A dragonfly. At the time I took this shot, it was cold enough outside that this dragonfly simply could not move -- he was stuck to the ground, allowing a very nice, clean shot.

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Grasshoppers! Every year, there is a flourish of grasshoppers in the summer. When I took this image (early October), the large number of grasshoppers was slowly diminishing, but they were still quite numerous. They were of all different colors too -- some were green, some were yellow, some were black with orange wings.

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A spider with a red abdomen.

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We also get to see the occasional deer on the lawn. I have yet to see coyotes or large predators though.

And for being so patient with me, I will reward you with two images of the road and weather patterns.

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