Cornwall 2008: Eden Project
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moonlettuceAfter we'd done the Minack Theatre and Land's End on the 19th, the 20th saw us heading to the Eden Project.
This place is amazing. I could have easily spent twice as long in there and taken twice as many photos - and considering I took 850 there, that's saying something ::grin::
So, in what appears to now be a running theme with posts regarding this holiday, let me bombard you with pictures. Er, although not all 850 of them, because that would be bad. Saying that, this post is pretty graphics heavy, so be warned ;-)
Although I'd heard about the Eden Project nothing quite prepares you for the scale of it. It's built on the site of an old clay mine and just stretches out. I kept snapping overview shots at various points and from various heights ::grin:: They actually have a zipline that you can go on that goes over the Project, but it was shut due to the weather.
We split up once we got inside and all disappeared off to go where we wanted to. I wandered around for a little bit, not really going anywhere in particular, but just mooching. (And remember, Claire is still impressed with her close-up function at this point...)
Fake cows! On the roof!
Giant bee!
After the mooching for a wee bit, I headed over to the biomes. The Eden Project has two biomes - one Mediterranean and one Rainforest. It's kind of difficult to describe the biomes in any way apart from wow. The Rainforest biome is the largest greenhouse in the world, and even though they both contain so many varieties of plant, they're also so much more than that.
Mediterranean
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the4ts. Mainly because I read the first half of the first line and giggled... and then agreed ;)
The sculptures are part of a display called 'The Rites of Dionysus' by Tim Shaw.
Rainforest
Er, this notice possibly amused me more than it should have...
And closer!
I came out of the biomes to find that it was drizzling on and off, which just made me take even more close-up photos, only this time with added water!
I think of all the plant close-ups I took, I love this one the most.
In between taking many, many close-up shots of plants, I wandered around the outside areas of the Project and, yes, took even more photos ::grin::
Sunflowers! Made of metal!
Why, yes, I fell in love with taking close-up of spider webs, why ever do you ask ::grin::
The WEEE man! Made up of waste electrical goods.
Fish!
A wall of hand prints! (Taken inside The Core)
So that, in a plethora of photos was the Eden Project. Although, seriously, there's no amount of pictures that could explain how fabulous this place is.
This place is amazing. I could have easily spent twice as long in there and taken twice as many photos - and considering I took 850 there, that's saying something ::grin::
So, in what appears to now be a running theme with posts regarding this holiday, let me bombard you with pictures. Er, although not all 850 of them, because that would be bad. Saying that, this post is pretty graphics heavy, so be warned ;-)
Although I'd heard about the Eden Project nothing quite prepares you for the scale of it. It's built on the site of an old clay mine and just stretches out. I kept snapping overview shots at various points and from various heights ::grin:: They actually have a zipline that you can go on that goes over the Project, but it was shut due to the weather.
We split up once we got inside and all disappeared off to go where we wanted to. I wandered around for a little bit, not really going anywhere in particular, but just mooching. (And remember, Claire is still impressed with her close-up function at this point...)
Fake cows! On the roof!
Giant bee!
After the mooching for a wee bit, I headed over to the biomes. The Eden Project has two biomes - one Mediterranean and one Rainforest. It's kind of difficult to describe the biomes in any way apart from wow. The Rainforest biome is the largest greenhouse in the world, and even though they both contain so many varieties of plant, they're also so much more than that.
Mediterranean
Just for
the4ts. Mainly because I read the first half of the first line and giggled... and then agreed ;)The sculptures are part of a display called 'The Rites of Dionysus' by Tim Shaw.
Rainforest
Er, this notice possibly amused me more than it should have...
And closer!
I came out of the biomes to find that it was drizzling on and off, which just made me take even more close-up photos, only this time with added water!
I think of all the plant close-ups I took, I love this one the most.
In between taking many, many close-up shots of plants, I wandered around the outside areas of the Project and, yes, took even more photos ::grin::
Sunflowers! Made of metal!
Why, yes, I fell in love with taking close-up of spider webs, why ever do you ask ::grin::
The WEEE man! Made up of waste electrical goods.
Fish!
A wall of hand prints! (Taken inside The Core)
So that, in a plethora of photos was the Eden Project. Although, seriously, there's no amount of pictures that could explain how fabulous this place is.
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Date: 2008-09-07 11:51 pm (UTC)The zipline was operating when I was there but love nor money would have got me on that thing. It moves at quite a clip! I only had just over an hour and 45 mins at the Project, which was nowhere near time to do it justice so it was extra nice to see your photos. I didn't take that many (couldn't be bothered to or didn't have time to swap lenses). That's where nifty cameras like your compact one more than hold their own. Like an idiot I didn't bring mine with me :( You got some stunning shots there! Am hard pressed to say which is my favourite (beyond the obvious one ::grins::).
I plan to stay a good, full day there the next time I'm in that neck of the woods and see the Med biome too. It looks really great as well from what I can see from your pics ::sighs:: Wish I was there now...
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Date: 2008-09-09 10:41 pm (UTC)I'd love to do the zipline, but my arse is probably too big for it.
When I was walking around I was just randomly snapping away, so I totally didn't realise how many shots I'd taken until I got back to the cottage. I'm just so happy with some of them :D
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Date: 2008-09-08 10:01 am (UTC)You really took about a million pictures on this trip. :-D
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Date: 2008-09-09 10:38 pm (UTC)