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Time capsule sealed in unorthodox fashion at CDU
International House Darwin guest services officer Swapna Bupathi displays some of the items that have been placed in the new time capsule
A time capsule featuring relics from the year 2020 – including a face mask and toilet roll – was sealed in unorthodox fashion at Charles Darwin University (CDU) this week.
Instead of traditionally being buried underground, the stainless-steel capsule was sealed and inserted into a boulder aboveground at CDU’s International House Darwin (IHD) in a bid to combat the ravages of Darwin’s wet season.
The capsule was also argon-charged, a process which removes the air and leaves a completely inert atmosphere in which mould cannot survive and oxidation within the capsule is not possible.