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“Scientists thought butterflies were deaf until 1912 when the first butterfly ears were identified. Only in the past decade or so have researchers examined the anatomy and physiology of butterfly ears, which they are finding to be quite diverse and present in several butterfly species.”

From TYWKIWDBI

“Scientists thought butterflies were deaf until 1912 when the first butterfly ears were identified. Only in the past decade or so have researchers examined the anatomy and physiology of butterfly ears, which they are finding to be quite diverse and present in several butterfly species.”

From TYWKIWDBI

Nature, a portfolio by Samuel Trépanier.

Rivers forming tree-like figures on the desert of Baja California, Mexico. A National Geographic photo by Adriana Franco

“Through colour, structure, mathematical proportions, beauty and simplicity flowers frequently offer to the viewer abstract, hidden universes that are patiently waiting for us to be contemplated and admired.”

Daniel Garcia

Portfolio of Joni Sternbach

Cassini image of the moon Mimas in the shadow of Saturn’s rings. Enlarge to see Mimas. Via Lights in the Dark

I am considerably more North and West than yesterday.

Corey Arnold, Heather’s Walk, 2011 via TWBE (Viewing High Resolution Highly Recommended)

Crescent Enceladus with Saturn’s rings. Taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Jan. 4, 2012.

Eric Cahan Sky Series Selected

Saturn’s Moon, Titan, Passes by the Planet’s Rings. Via Rebecca Rosen, The Atlantic

Archive of High-Res Photos From NASA’s Gemini Missions. NASA via Wired Science.

Monoscapes, by Mark Boyle

Hubble Captures Nearby Spiral Galaxy

“Messier 74 galaxy is located about 32 million light years away, in the direction of the Pisces constellation. It is estimated to contain about 100 billion stars, slightly less than our own galaxy, the Milky Way.”

The Atlantic, Rebecca J. Rosen