# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/8JXCuMk9rJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461392-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/bf1b7dace3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-09-27T19:45:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

The #lotus is pretty impressive. For example, its #leaves repel #water through air trapped in their #pores, a natural #design that has inspired synthetic #waterproof materials found on ship hulls, #raincoats, and other fabrics ☔☔. Meanwhile, the elegant lotus #flower is one of the few flowers that can regulate its own #temperature. And then there are the seeds, which so are hardy they can last for many, many years under the right conditions—the oldest germinated lotus came from a 1,300-­year-­old lotus #fruit found in a lakebed in northeastern #China.
 #photooftheday #science #rain #nature #photography #lake
📷: Getty Images/Lin Hsiao Chien

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## Tags

waterproof, pores, photooftheday, temperature, rain, photography, design, flower, leaves, china, nature, science, lake, fruit, raincoats, lotus, water

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