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Using a home-made mixture of bioluminescent resin, Miya Ando meticulously coated a thousand leaves and floated them in a small pond. During the day, the coating absorbed light energy from the sun.
Once night arrived, each leaf could be seen emitting miraculous hues of blue and purple.
Installation in Puerto Rico is Comprised of 1000 Bioluminescent Leaves
Photos by L. Young; via Over-think
A few great iPhone photos from Brock Davis!
That hamburger leaf has us hungry.
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This 340-million-pixel beauty is a peek inside our very own Milky Way galaxy! This amazing image is actually a mosaic of over 1200 individual frames with a combined exposure time of 200 hours!
340 Million-Pixel Vista of Milky Way Galaxy
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nybg:
As we hoof it toward winter, we expect to be seeing more snowflakes in the Garden (barring another winter like last year, of course). What I didn’t expect to see was the extent to which these snowflakes resemble plants, be it a small shrub, the tip of a pine branch, or a spindly desert-dwelling tree. —MN
Remarkable Macro Photographs of Ice Structures and Snowflakes
Russian photographer Andrew Osokin has done a phenomenal job of capturing such bizarre ice formations, you can explore hundreds more photos over in his LensArt profile.
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Sharon Johnstone’s macro photographs of early-morning dew drops are a cut above the rest. She writes:
With macro photography I escape to another little world. I love exploring the tiny details in nature that often get overlooked. I love finding beautiful colors and abstract compositions within nature.
Explore the Awesomeness of These Dew Drop Macro Photos
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Whoa, Poland might’ve just trumped New Zealand in the magical landscape realm.
These are just a couple of snaps from Boguslaw Strempel’s a beautiful collection of photos of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Landscapes from Poland & the Czech Republic
via rcruzniemiec; overthink
Using nothing but soap and a macro lens, Janet Waters photographs mesmerizing patterns on colored backdrops.
But she hasn’t stopped there, she’s using her Flickr to create a “visual library” for all of her University students. Packed with experimental photo projects galore, her stream is well worth a look.
Macro Photography Series of Colorful Bubbles and Foam
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Lisseth Pérez “Sayulita, México”
So Kevin Day photographed the same tree over a period of 5 years! Check out his Flickr set and see how everything but the tree changes..
The Same Tree Photographed for 5 Years Straight
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