The Doomsday Seed Vault.....pics

[dixiegrrrrl]

I have know about the vault, but never saw it before.
Had no idea it was built so far into the mountain.
Now if we can only keep Monstanto's hands off it.
Pics here:

http://www.viralnova.com/svalbard-seed-vault/

[longship]

1. Absolutely cool! (Both metaphorically and literally)

R&K

A good photo essay.

Here's some more pics



Entrance


Inside the vault

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Thank you, esp. for that diagram! n/t

[jwirr]

3. It would be a good idea to have more of these situated throughout the world to take into

consideration that disasters may occur in places that cannot in any way reach the one repository that exists now.

[raven mad]

4. I remember reading about this years ago

and thinking, "what a great idea". Now I'm going nuts trying to remember what book it was in - and it was NOT in the SF "Doomsday Vault" by Harper!

Fascinating, isn't it? Thanks for the reminder, and the niggling sensation that I have that book somewhere.....

[El_Johns]

5. Svalbard is a creation of the same people who are destroying diversity in the world's crops.

Monsanto already has a connection to it, through their connection to CGIAR.

[Mister Ed]

6. Cool! But have the planners taken all possible precautions against...

...tribbles?

Be a bummer to finally open those vaults in time of need, and find they were infested.