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Ultraviolet Fluorescence - Green Darner Dragonfly

Overcast day? No problem, let's get creative indoors!

This is what I've been up to, this morning; another UV lit dragonfly.

This specimen is a Green Darner, even though non of its the shades that named it are visible in the ultraviolet spectrum.

Instead we get to gaze at a otherworldly colour palette of Magenta and Blue. This is the result of invisible UV-light, slowed down in its frequency by the process of reflection. Therefore the light travels in longer waves, now within the very subtle spectrum, and typically takes on bright neon-shades as in this image.

 

Read more: www.maxamillion.online/…/macro-in-ultraviolet-fluor…

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Uploaded on February 27, 2020