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The Macro Detail of Butterfly Wings

Butterflies showcase a colorful splendor on their wings as they dance around a field of flowers. What would they look like up close? We mean really close.

Photographer Linden Gledhill took these remarkable magnified photographs of butterfly wings. The colorful scales that make up the wings have a greta iridescent quality.

Taken at 7-10x magnification. Isn’t nature amazing?

Images © Copyright Linden Gledhill. 

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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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2 Comments

  1. deet Lewis

    the butterfly wings, as shown, are so beautiful … as they are in reality.

  2. Pat

    A totally new way of perceiving butterflys!

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