Laboratory frozen in time on Everest (5 photos + 1 video)

The research laboratory, known as the Pyramid, was once intended to study climate and biodiversity. Now it is run by a former school teacher.





The tallest laboratory in the world opened in 1990 and has carried out 520 scientific missions.



The institution was deprived of funding 10 years ago

The three-story glass, aluminum and steel building is equipped with Internet, telecommunications and is completely autonomous. But at the moment the building at an altitude of 4876 m is literally falling apart.





Research center in the Himalayas left to fend for itself

In 2014, Italian authorities cut its budget. Now most of the equipment sits idle.



The laboratory was intended to study climate change and biodiversity

On the south side of the “Pyramid” there is a residential block, and on the ground floor there is a restaurant, a warehouse, and a laboratory.

There are three more laboratories on the second floor, and rooms for data processing and telecommunications on the third.

Kaji Bista, who has been running the facility single-handedly for nearly a decade, told Scientific American: "A lot of the lab equipment was completely useless. We couldn't replace the filters to monitor contamination. And there was no point in collecting samples because there's no way to send them out for testing." further study."



In total, more than 500 studies were conducted

Recently, news spread around the world that a two-year-old boy became the youngest person to reach Everest Base Camp.