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I wanted to use several pine trees as the backdrop to the floating soap bubbles but strong shore breezes made it a challenge. Thanks to Nancy, Kaeli, Ryan, Mariah, and Kammy for their patience as my bubble blowers! This one is Nancy's!
I saw a few rare Northern pintail ducks this weekend.
Distance well over 80 meter though. Hopefully better photo ops soon. Here an oldie of a preening male in close-up.
Pijlstaarteend - Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Buffleheads the smallest diving ducks in North America; they breed in the northern boreal forest laying their eggs in old Woodpecker holes. We in Ct. only them in the winter when they are looking for open water. The male has a striking black and white pattern and on sunny days at just the right angle you can see the rainbow iridescence on the Drake's head.
Love the iridescence on these birds.
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As I walked up to the trail towards Dragons Mouth at the Mud Volcano area in Yellowstone National Park’s Hayden Valley I noticed pastel colors in the cirrus clouds. Cloud iridescence, sometimes called irisation, appears when sunlight is diffracted through small drops of water or ice that make up the clouds. Each tiny droplet deflects the light individually. Although this iridescence may remind the observer of a rainbow, the two phenomena have different causes. A rainbow appears when light is refracted by moisture in the atmosphere. This refraction breaks the light down into a visible spectrum creating a rainbow.
Cloud iridescence, on the other hand, appears when the sun's rays are deflected (ie; bent or distorted) as they pass through the tiny water droplets. The iridescent spots appear behind the clouds such as the cirrus clouds in this photo. Cloud iridescence tends to be short-lived but on this day it persisted for 15 minutes while I walked up the trail the Sour Lake.
Couldn't resist the iridescent colors of these pigeons on the side of a cliff in Santa Cruz, California.
cigogne noire
parc animalier de Sainte-Croix
Specially edited for TMI's November contest "Iridescence in Nature"
Its back is all rufous, which I've been told means a Rufous and not an Allen's.
Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. April, 2021.
This little vermillion flycatcher never disappoints! Today he decided to perch on a favorite twig in a field that has recently turned from gold to green! He’s been around here about six months. Will he ever find a mate?
Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, CA
Gnesta, Sweden
Gonepteryx rhamni lives throughout the Palearctic zone, commonly found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Across much of its range, it is the only species of its genus, and is therefore simply known locally as the brimstone.
The brimstone relies on two species of buckthorn plants as host plants for its larvae; this influences its geographic range and distribution, as these plants are commonly found in wetlands.
The adult common brimstone has sexual dichromism in its wing colouration and iridescence; males have yellow wings and iridescence while females have greenish-white wings and are not iridescent. This iridescence is affected by environmental factors
Depending on the light, a male Mallard's head can range from purple to blue to bright green, and all shades in between.
My first Sundog, I loved seeing it and getting a picture!!
( Parhelia or Parhelion)
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Just when you think you’ve seen every cloud formation and color, Mother Nature surprises you with something new, bizarre, and extraordinarily beautiful. While taking photos of bald eagles and hawks, the clouds put on a show that diverted my attention. This is a detail of the bottom of one of the rapidly morphing clouds, with fine threads of swirling vapor catching just enough light to show off some iridescence. The darker strands above suggest fingers reaching from the skies: dark-fingered afternoon (σκοτεινό δάχτυλο το απόγευμα), as a contrast to the “Eos rhododactylos” or “rosy fingered dawn” of Greek mythology (Eos Goddess of dawn). Clouds provide an infinite diversity of entertainment for the wandering eye.
Viewed from behind this male Anna's Hummingbird's iridescent green back really lit up. Such a little fireball
When the light is right, green iridescence shows in the head feathers of the Greater Scaup. Taken at a pond in Bridlewood, Calgary.
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More photographic exploration with the found iridescent glass as an overlay. My shoes were iridescent to begin with :)
Blue-throated Starfrontlet is mainly a species of mountainous terrain in Colombia, South America, with a small incursion into westernmost Venezuela. The male, as in this image, has an iridescent green forehead and a violet-blue throat patch. The species “traplines” low flowers, in both forests and gardens (that is, it has a set circuit to feed within a territory). This bird was at the Observatorio de Colibries [Hummingbirds Observatory] at higher elevation east of Bogota.
Réalisé le 09 décembre 2017 sur les terrains du Gamboa Rainforest Resort, Panama.
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Taken on December, 9th / 2017 on the Gamboa Rainforest Resort grounds, Panama.