A bizarre structure dubbed ‘Earth’s Black Box’ will be built in a remote Tasmanian airfield as a silent witness to humanity’s destruction.

Its design is inspired by aeroplane flight recorders – reinforced boxes that store data in the case of a crash.

Just like these real ‘black boxes’, Earth’s Black Box will patiently record every step humanity takes towards a deadly disaster.

The site’s heavily protected data storage will gather information from space agencies, weather stations, and universities to provide an ‘unbiased account’ for future generations.

When completed, the structure will be a 52 feet (16 metres) long, 13 feet (four metres) tall, near–indestructible recording device.

Rouser Lab, the agency behind the project, says the box’s steel walls will be able to withstand every disaster, including cyclones, earthquakes, fires, floods or attacks.

Built on 500–million–year–old granite on Tasmania’s west coast, Rouser Lab says the box will be in the most politically and geologically stable place on Earth.

Read more: Inside the plan to create Earth’s ‘Black Box’: Indestructible device in remote Tasmanian airfield will record every step humanity takes towards the apocalypse