There's life out there: the artist sending bonsai trees into space

Azuma Makoto's astonishing extraterrestrial plants are a totally new type of landscape, set against the infinity of space

Azuma Makoto has created a completely unprecedented set of landscape images that show organic life on the edge of space.

Working with JP Aerospace, the Tokyo artist has sent a bonsai tree, orchids, lilies and other plants into the stratosphere, suspended in a balloon.

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