Earth behind a flower grown on the International Space Station

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image showing Earth behind a flower grown on the International Space Station

InherentlyAnnoying on May 13rd, 2018 at 17:00 UTC »

To see a world in a grain of sand

And heaven in a wildflower

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in a hour

shivamv22 on May 13rd, 2018 at 17:09 UTC »

I read somewhere that growing plants in space is quite problematic due to the lack of gravity. But this looks so cool!

_bran_bran on May 13rd, 2018 at 17:21 UTC »

Incredible.

I’m curious why they opted for this kind of flora to be grown at ISS. Also, would this plant receive a different light (full unfiltered spectrum) in relation to the light the plant would receive on Earth (I.e. the stratosphere’s influence on waves of light).