alchymista:

Without gravity, flames act in mysterious ways. This artistic image is a composite of three separate flames spreading over paper in microgravity. Each color represents a different chemical reaction within the flame: Blue is caused by chemiluminescence, or the light produced by a chemical reaction, while white, yellow and orange are caused by glowing soot. 

This image, by NASA Glenn Research Center aerospace engineer Sandra Olson, won first place in the 2011 Combustion Art Competition at the 7th U.S. National Combustion Meeting. 

(Source: livescience.com, via fyeahchemistry)

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    Flames exhibit different behavior in the absence of gravity. I wonder in what zero-gravity environment a flame could...

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