Thriving since 1960, my garden in a bottle: Seedling sealed in its own ecosystem and watered just once in 53 years
David Latimer first planted his bottle garden in 1960 and last watered it in 1972 before tightly sealing it shut ‘as an experiment’. The hardy spiderworts plant inside has grown to fill the 10-gallon container by surviving entirely on recycled air, nutrients and water.
For the last 40 years it has been completely sealed from the outside world. But the indoor variety of spiderworts (or Tradescantia, to give the plant species its scientific Latin name) within has thrived, filling its globular bottle home with healthy foliage. Yesterday Mr Latimer, 80, said: ‘It’s 6ft from a window so gets a bit of sunlight. It grows towards the light so it gets turned round every so often so it grows evenly. ‘Otherwise, it’s the definition of low-maintenance. I’ve never pruned it, it just seems to have grown to the limits of the bottle.’
The bottle garden has created its own miniature ecosystem. Despite being cut off from the outside world, because it is still absorbing light it can photosynthesise, the process by which plants convert sunlight into the energy they need to grow.
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Scientist Explains the Weird Thing on Mars
A scientist explains the weird thing on Mars on the images from the Curiosity rover showed what looked like a piece of shiny metal, that we posted the last week. A zoomed-in view of the shiny protuberance. Image © NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems.
The Golden Sea – Bali
One of the Infinity List boys ventured to Bali for some sun, surf and seafood.
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Canned Fresh Air
China’s capital Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Now it’s the first city where you can buy canned fresh air. And it’s not a souvenir or something like this. It’s a can of the real fresh air that you can use if you feel dizzy and have headaches.
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Full Moon Silhouettes
Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video (is not a time lapse), by astrophotographer Mark Gee, of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there to get the best view possible of the amazing moon rising. Watch the video…
50 Stunning Photos Of Flowers
For nature photography a photographer needs a stunning place where he/she can capture some astonishing photos. Flowers are still used today to express posture in a more general way than in Victorian times. Photography
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Australia Outback from ISS
Australia Outback from Space Station by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield.
“Jackson Pollock would have been even further inspired by seeing the Outback from orbit.”
Lightning may cause headaches
According to researchers, lightning may cause headaches and migraines. They found that people have 25% more chances to develop symptoms on a stormy day with lightning.
A Panoramic Exploration of a Magical Underwater World
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The great depths of the ocean aren’t accessible to everyone, but the mysterious beauty of this underwater world can still be seen thanks to the work of many brave photographers. One of these adventurous people is landscape photographer Marcio Cabral who created the project entitled Anhumas Abyss.
Bright Neon Portraits of Exotic Life Underwater
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Photographer Mark Laita captures the plentiful patterns and beautifully vibrant colors of marine life that can be found submerged in the oceans in his ongoing series of animal portraits.
