STRATUM 03: AGRICULTURAL SECTOR - 2020

(Altheá Generation Starship)
// Forest Biome 01
Location: 59.37 - 73.08 KM (From Stern)
Vertical Height: 13,710 M

The rumble of a hundred distant waterfalls mixes with the fresh scent of rain and vegetation. A cool breeze ruffles the curved fields of grass while frogs wade in the multi-levelled pools and ponds. Cicadas chirp lazily and gossamer wisps flit from flower to flower. A surge of childish energy tickles my nerves. I look up at the arched stone bridges; the natural stone cliffs, and marvel at the technological genius required to construct not only them, but an entire ecology to inhabit them… organic life is so fascinating…

This image formed part of my Honours Project for Uni; the depiction of a neo-futuristic civilisation of humans and A.I. living together as equals in harmony. Exploring the depths of deep space aboard a 151 KM long generation starship, they seek to research, learn and evolve together while searching to find wonders that no-one has ever seen. In the thousand years since leaving Earth, the pinnacle of their findings include the successful identification of 8 alien organisms, forming an ecosystem that reaches far beyond the stars…