⚠️ ARTIST AT WORK ⚠️⁣ ⁣ Space meets art in one of NASA astronaut Don Pettit’s “Science of Opportunity” experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS).⁣ ⁣ For this specific experiment, Pettit grew thin wafers of water ice using the orbiting lab’s freezer and photographed them with a polarizing filter in front of a blank computer screen — showing off the colorful fragments of ice crystals seen here.⁣ ⁣ “Science, or should I say Nature, has a way of presenting surprising beauty if one is willing to look.” – Don Pettit⁣ ⁣ Image descriptions: ⁣ 1-3. Colorful ice crystals fill a circular shape. Each image shows different patterns of facets, each fragment a different rainbow hue. ⁣ 4. Astronaut Don Pettit is at the center of a segment on the ISS working on his experiment. He is wearing gloves, looking behind the camera to his set-up.⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA/Don Pettit⁣ ⁣ #NASA #Space #ISS #Art #Crystals #Ice #SpaceStation #Experiments #Science #Colors