A Floating Water Droplet

I came across this funny picture today on space.com.

It shows an astronaut in the International Space Station that let a blob of water float around, another one made a picture of it, just as it crossed the line of sight between the camera and the astronaut’s face. Thus the water formed a nice lens, showing a reversed image of the astronaut’s face.

Wouldn’t you love being in zero gravity some day? :p

(click the picture for the original article)

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