Perspective

Perspective means different ways of looking at things.  It’s also this week’s theme for Justine’s Eclectic Corner #12.

Way back in March 2014 Perspective was also the theme for the Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge.  I remember using these photos then and like them so much I’ve recycled them for this week’s post (I hope nobody minds a bit of recycling – but you may not have seen them before so they will seem new to you and it all fits in with my post!) Here’s the link to my original post about my visit to The Eden Project in Cornwall UK.

This first photo is a picture of the shapes making up the biome. I like the way the shapes, (hexagons) are highlighted by cropping the photo and how different the photo is when looked at from this perspective.

This next photo is a zoomed out picture of the stairway up to the floating viewing platform, very close to the roof of the biome, with the hexagon shapes quite visible.  It’s basically a floating stairway into the sky and was quite scary.

This third photo is another view of the floating stairway showing a different perspective – in relation to the biome as a whole.

The Eden Project is an amazing place where huge biomes produce an environment totally unlike the surrounding area in Cornwall.  If you haven’t been there I suggest a visit. From the guide book – The Eden Project, is an educational charity and social enterprise, creates gardens, exhibitions, events, experiences and projects that explore how people can work together and with nature to change things for the better.  It is a 35 acre living laboratory, has 2 huge Biomes housing wild landscapes, crops and stories from the Rainforest and Mediterranean regions.

It is simply amazing when you think that all this has been built in the last 10 years from an exhausted, barren china clay pit and has been transformed into a place of such beauty. The education side of things is done really well, you don’t feel like you’re being preached at but you are learning things all the time.  Maths and shapes are big in their displays with the shape of the main building the ‘Core’ being described as a metaphor.  It’s based on the sunflower, which apparently isn’t a single flower but a collaborative project between hundreds of flowers which have united to create something better. I knew I always liked sunflowers but didn’t know why, now I do!

Inside the Rainforest Biome the average temperature is 25-30 degrees and there is a jungle, rainforest, waterfalls, crops, bananas plants and the huge lookout floating 50 metres up in the air.  My daughter & I were brave and climbed the equivalent of 11 flights of stairs in 35 degree heat with the whole thing moving constantly – it was very scary.  I hate suspension bridges & this was worse.  We loved the view from the top so it was worth it, but coming down the steps was far worse than going up (see photos above).

I think the whole Eden Project also suits the perspective theme because it gives a different viewpoint on growing and sustainability in today’s world.

I hope you’ve enjoyed your trip today!

Deb 🙂