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the eye feather of a peacock

"There are several beautiful features to the feather:

 

■Bright colours

■Intricate eye pattern

■Loose barbs below the eye pattern

■Absence of stem in the top half of eye pattern

■Narrow stem in the bottom half of eye pattern

■Brown coating of the stem near the eye pattern

The bright colours and intricate shapes of the eye pattern are the most striking aesthetic features. The loose barbs on the lower part of the feather are beautiful because they make a contrast with the neatness and precision of the barbs in the eye pattern". -- www.answersingenesis.org/articles/tj/v15/n2/peacock

 

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Uploaded on January 25, 2012
Taken on January 6, 2012