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Red Spotted Purple

Red Spotted Purple

This is another butterfly whose scales are optically active. These scales reflect back color from white light. The process is called thin film interference an...
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This is another butterfly whose scales are optically active. These scales reflect back color from white light. The process is called thin film interference and is seen commonly in soap bubbles and oil slicks. In the case of the scales of butterflies the color is angle dependent which is also called iridescence.
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/11 ISO 640 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 100/1

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Ellerbe Grove, North Carolina, US

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Jul, 2020

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