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| Friday, 16 March, 2001, 11:13 GMT Picture gallery: Eden takes shape ![]() The Eden Project, a series of domes in the Cornish countryside, has been taking shape over the last decade. Now the glasshouse which aims to recreate the Earth's wild places is open. ![]() Inside the humid tropics biome ![]() A 'rope access technician' ![]() Bodelva works near St Austell, later to become the site of the Eden project ![]() Construction involved the world's biggest free standing scaffold ![]() The first roof panel being installed in January 2000 ![]() Later that year, plants began appearing in the Humid Tropics Biome ![]() Humid Tropics Biome supervisor Catherine Cutler labels plants ![]() 24 males butterflies of various varieties have been introduced into the largest dome ![]() Inside the humid tropics biome |
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