Day 3451: Everyday.

 

 

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Natural Phenomenon Transforms Hummingbird’s Wings into Tiny Rainbows

all photos by Christian Spencer

Artist and photographer Christian Spencer was standing on his verandah in Rio de Janeiro when he made an amazing discovery. When the black Jacobin hummingbird flew with the sun striking its open wings, a beautiful prism effect appeared. It was as if its body was made of rainbows.

  “I decided to try and photograph the same phenomenon with my camera,” he shares with My Modern Met. The resulting series is called Winged Prism, and for Spencer, the images reveal “a secret of nature that cannot be seen with our eyes.”

Although Winged Prism seems too magical to be true, Spencer says that there wasn't any digital manipulation involved. “There is no special technique,” he explains, “just diffraction of light through the wings of this special hummingbird.” The awe-inspiring beauty it produces is what makes these images so special. “Nobody ever could have ever dreamed that this was a reality,” he says.

 

 

 

 

Update ...

I got up early, early morning to watch the Women's tennis final at the Australian Open. It was good!

 

Ashleigh Barty Australia's first Champion in 44 years.

 

She defeated a hard working Danielle Collins. I was especially impressed by Barty's composure and sportsmanship. Next for the men's final.

Rafael Nadal, Spain, 35, has already had some hard matches at the Australian Open. He goes into the men's final against Danill Medvedev, 25 year old Russian. ( 3 min. video pre-game video, here.) Much is made of Nadal going for his 21st Grand Slam title, but I thought his thoughts below, bespeaks the man he is.

"I am super satisfied and feel very lucky person in general for all the things that happen to me in this life. I have a way to approach life. You can't be always be frustrated if the neighbor has a bigger house than you or a better phone or better things. I am not going to be frustrated if Novak or Roger finished the career with more Grand Slams than me. Let's enjoy the situation that we did, every one of us, we did very special things in our sport. Let's enjoy that."

Press conference, Australia Open, January 25, 2022 

 

 

 

 

An amazingarticle, 660' home for 4, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Great Horned Owl

 

 

Smiles for Sunday ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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