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See the solar eclipse on your National Forests and Grasslands!

Image shows the solar corona around the moon surrounded by black during the 2017 solar eclipse.
The total solar eclipse of 2017, seen from the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. (USDA Photo Service photo by Cody Norris) Complete darkness, like the middle of the night—except it’s the middle of the day, and just moments before, the sun shone brightly. Total solar eclipses, like the…
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Seeds sent into space by NASA, Forest Service return to Earth, create new generation of “Moon Trees”

NASA's Orion Spacecraft sitting on a mobile launcher in November 2022 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Kayla Herriman pauses from x-raying seeds to pose for a picture. (Photo courtesy Malcolm Howard). Kayla Herriman is x-raying tree seeds that recently traveled 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon. The seeds completed their epic journey on NASA’s Orion spacecraft as part of the NASA’s Artemis program…
#MoonTrees, Space Exploration, #Botany, #Seeds, #Seedlings, outer space, #Artemis, #Trees, #NASA