This is our 8th Year offering this magnificent product to our customers!
The Original Ecosphere® is the world's first totally enclosed ecosystem - a complete, self-contained and self-sustaining miniature world encased in glass. Easy to care for, an Ecosphere® is an incredible learning tool that can provide powerful insights about life on our own planet... and provide a glimpse of technology that's shaping the future of space exploration.
The Ecosphere® is the result of technology developed by NASA scientists while researching self-contained communities for space explorers to live in during long-term space flight.
But an Ecosphere®is much more than a scientific breakthrough - it is a work of art. A living treasure to own or give to someone special. Each Ecosphere® is carefully crafted to achieve an aesthetic, meditative beauty that can soothe any environment, including home, classroom or office.
These ecosystems demonstrate in a most simplistic way the interdependence of animal and plant life with Earth's most precious element - water. Ecospheres®have been called science projects, the world's lowest maintenance pets, closed aquariums. They are in fact developments of space age technology initiated by NASA.
Each Ecosphere® contains micro-organisms, shrimp and algae, each existing in filtered sea water. Because of the unique qualities of the Ecosphere®, you never need to feed the life living within the beautiful glass walls - simply provide your Ecosphere® with a source of natural, indirect light or artificial light to enjoy this delicate balance of life.
The inhabitants of the Ecosphere® utilize their resources without over-populating or contaminating their environment, which allows for no cleaning and only minimal care.
Ecospheres® have an average life expectancy of two years. However, some shrimp populations are still thriving after 7 years.
The primary goal of an ecosphere is education. We feel fortunate that we can expose all ages to an ecosystem that is decorative, entertaining, and educational.
