What Is This?
I thought this was some kind of bird hunting device sitting on top of a massive forest. In reality it may be your next vacation destination. And you will need the largest thermal airship to get it up there.
This is a canopy raft, an enormous set of nets held together with inflatable tubes that act as an structural frame. It can be placed on top of forests so people can camp, accessing the ground below using a hole and ropes. Apparently, the are so light that the trees don’t get harmed at all.
To place them on top of the trees they need a ship capable of handling such a large volume. In this case, they use the AS-300, the world’s largest thermal airship. [Gilles Ebersolt via Deputy Dog]
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Camp? I’d like to see you pitch a tent on a floating net. What the hell would you do up there? You’re trapped. It’s like a prison with a view. I notice there’s no shade, either.
I remember about a group who did this in NatGeo back when I was a kid at least 20 years ago.
they spent a week or more in the canopy of Brazilian rainforest.
A: you don’t need a tent, a sleeping bag and a tarp to keep the dew out will do.
B: you can abseil down to the forest floor and explore there. More importantly you can explore the normally difficult to access canopy. I believe the NatGeo team catalogued many new species, and probably had a lot of fun.