Biosphere 2 draws tourists to Oracle Arizona
Biosphere 2 on the Santa Catalina foothills near Oracle, 35 miles north of Tucson, is a three acre greenhouse project founded by Ed Bass. The facility houses a jungle climate, desert, marsh and a 25 foot deep ocean, with eight humans living inside for two years to study Earth ecology amid occasional scientific doubts and rising public interest.
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Biosphere 2
Walford
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Thomas Lovejoy
Smithsonian Institution
Lovejoy
John Corliss
NASA
University of Arizona
Biosphere
Biosphere Cafe
Arch Odyssey Theater Opens Beneath Gateway Arch
After two years of rock excavation, Arch visitors gain a high tech 4 story cinema with 70mm projection and 4 200 watt stereo, seating 260. The opening film To Fly runs daily 9 15 to 4 45, with admission 4 for adults and 3 for children. A pumping water system under the floor manages seepage.
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Arch Odyssey
Ted Zimmerman
Arch
Zimmerman
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Golden Cliffs
David Summers
University of Missouri At Rolla
Summers
Swamp vacation bonds riders to nature in Okefenokee
Joins a five day canoe trip in the Okefenokee Swamp Georgia offered by Wilderness Southeast a nonprofit outdoor school. The rugged but accessible excursion limited to 14 participants led by naturalist guides features paddling five to twelve miles daily and camping in two person tents amid cypress trees hummocks and water prairies with vibrant wildlife sounds.
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Travel and Adventure Film Series screens Istanbul journey
The Rotary Club presents the sixth program of its Travel and Adventure Film Series on Thursday March 25 at 7 30 p m in the Gov Thomas Johnson High School auditorium. Veteran journalist Hal McClure leads a full length film on Istanbul showing its street life sites such as the Golden Horn Bosporus St Sophia Blue Mosque Topkapi and Dolmabahce Palaces with wildlife swamp travel footage and a five day Suwannee River paddling expedition at a per person cost of 410 dollars with alternative trips offered by Wilderness Southeast and contact details for further information.
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Minnie’s Lake
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Savannah
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