Wednesday, June 5, 2013

These Vivid Magenta Ponds Are the World's Largest Beta-Carotene Farm

These Vivid Magenta Ponds Are the World's Largest Beta-Carotene Farm

Beta-Carotene, as far as I?ve known since I slogged through 8th grade Biology, is a pigment that gives sweet potatoes and carrots their color. But since it's used as a food dye and plenty of doctors recommend it as a supplement, it?s also the basis for a booming synthetic farming business?one we rarely see, since it?s based in rural Australia. But these photos, by Australian photog Steve Back, give us an unusual glimpse inside the world's largest ?-Carotene farm.

Read more...

    


Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/trNs2YX_1yc/these-vivid-magenta-ponds-are-the-worlds-largest-beta-511188774

Battlefield 4 Summly Human Rights Campaign bioshock infinite smokey robinson smokey robinson USA VS Mexico

No comments:

Post a Comment