The Essence of Iridescence | Out of doors My Window


The Essence of Iridescence | Out of doors My Window
Anna’s hummingbird (picture from Wikimedia Commons)

16 July 2023

What reasons iridescence? What makes a hummingbird glow pink in a single place, then boring inexperienced when he strikes his head?

video from NDTV on YouTube

Different dazzlers, together with beetles, shells, and rocks, have identical bodily traits iridescent.

Six-spotted tiger beetle in Maryland (picture from Wikimedia Commons)
Nautilus shell sliced in half (photo from Wikimedia Commons)
Nautilus shell minimize in part (picture from Wikimedia Commons)
Iridescense on anthracite, a.okay.a. peacock coal (picture from Wikimedia Commons)
Solar canine — an iridescent cloud (picture from Wikimedia Commons)

In finding out what reasons iridescence on this 16 minute video from PBS @BeSmart. When you don’t have a lot time, watch the primary 4+ mins about hummingbirds.

video embedded from PBS @BeSmart

p.s. This newsletter used to be impressed by way of All About Birds: What Is the Essence of Iridescence? Ask a Hummingbird.

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