Makoto Azuma (A Tokyo based)
artist launched his latest project title “Exobiotanica” teamed with
Sacramento-based JP Aerospace a
volunteer based organization that constructs and sends vessels into orbit, to unveiling
a Japanese white pine bonsai and an arrangement of flowers into the
stratosphere. They’ve used Styrofoam and a very light metal frame, which created
two devices to attach the 50 year old bonsai and the flowers, which were then
launch distinctly using Helium balloons. Makoto Azuma attached digital cameras
and 6 Go Pro video cameras tied in a ball to record the trip into the
stratosphere.
He said; I wanted to see the
movement and beauty of plants and flowers suspended in space,” Azuma later
explained T Magazine. After both pieces went up, Azuma embraced his team warmly
and smiled. Because I have always in sought
of to travel to space and I must say that this is my dream which have come
true. The bonsai soared to 91,800 feet until the helium balloon burst, while
the flower arrangement rose to 87,000 feet. However; both devices were well
retrieved approximately 5 miles from the launch site, but the plants were never
found.
Source: Charismatic Planet
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