How Does A Microgravity Garden Grow When Theres No Up Or Down? An Advanced Chamber, About The Size Of

How does a microgravity garden grow when there’s no up or down? An advanced chamber, about the size of a mini-fridge, is giving us a clearer perspective of plant growth habits. Without gravity and the addition of a wide variety of light and humidity settings, the plants cultivated on the International Space Station provide a world of opportunity to study space-based agricultural cycles.

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Practicing human forms and clothing, but it always looks so stiff and flat... Fashion pieces inspired by an old magazine.

A quiet moment from The Lord of the Rings as visualized by artist Donato Giancola.

This year’s pumpkins. A vegetable graffitied in sharpie, and a small knitted cat that tells me I should practice sewing.

Happy Halloween!

Noor Inayat Khan

Pacifist Indian princess who gave up everything of herself to hold the line in occupied Paris during World War 2.

Pacifist, princess, author, and WW2 spy Noor Inayat Khan was born on this day in 1914.

Media: sharpie pen

Image: woman applying lipstick while looking at a reflection.

Drawing practice by finding a picture online and trying to redraw it. Hands practice by trying to draw hands in flexed positions. Why are fingers so weird-looking?