This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Arizona chapter.
Space ship? Alien invasion? None of the above. Pictured is what Life magazine considers one of the top “50 Must-See Natural and Man-made Marvels.”: Biosphere 2. The Biosphere 2 was completed in 1991 and was designed to replicate Earth’s environment and sustain a human population. The interior is over seven million square feet in area (or 2.5 football fields) and houses a rainforest, desert savannah, ocean, and coastal fog desert. Today, the biosphere is managed by the University of Arizona, draws over 100,000 visitors every year, and is a center for groundbreaking new science.