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One of the spectacular details of animals in our world is just how varied their colors can be. When you look at birds, for example, you’ll see everything from mundane grays to iridescent blues. So why don’t we shine with the same iridescence of birds?
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SOURCES:
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/pigments.html
ia800502.us.archive.org/25/items/micrographia15491gut/15491-h/15491-h.htm
https://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/~gebeshuber/Structured-color-physics.pdf
https://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/prisms/
academy.allaboutbirds.org/how-birds-make-colorful-feathers
livescience.com/why-blue-rare-in-nature.html
academy.allaboutbirds.org/feathers-article
elifesciences.org/articles/71179
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physrev.00059.2017
elifesciences.org/articles/71179
scitechdaily.com/microscopic-feather-features-explain-why-these-terrifyingly-dangerous-birds-shine/?expand_article=1
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One of the spectacular details of animals in our world is just how varied their colors can be. When you look at birds, for example, you’ll see everything from mundane grays to iridescent blues. So why don’t we shine with the same iridescence of birds?
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Hosted by Hank Green:
Twitter: twitter.com/hankgreen
YouTube: youtube.com/vlogbrothers
Music by Andrew Huang:
youtube.com/andrewhuang
Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production.
Find out more at complexly.com
Stock video from:
gettyimages.com/detail/video/beautiful-peacock-with-open-tail-stock-footage/1057143814
gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-at-a-lake-in-munich-stock-footage/1369306503
gettyimages.com/detail/video/beautiful-male-peacock-displaying-its-feathers-in-a-stock-footage/1412901099
gettyimages.com/detail/video/parrot-macaw-on-the-tree-stock-footage/962168768
gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-blue-eared-kingfisher-in-the-rain-stock-footage/1022012506
SOURCES:
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/pigments.html
ia800502.us.archive.org/25/items/micrographia15491gut/15491-h/15491-h.htm
https://www.iap.tuwien.ac.at/~gebeshuber/Structured-color-physics.pdf
https://wonders.physics.wisc.edu/prisms/
academy.allaboutbirds.org/how-birds-make-colorful-feathers
livescience.com/why-blue-rare-in-nature.html
academy.allaboutbirds.org/feathers-article
elifesciences.org/articles/71179
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physrev.00059.2017
elifesciences.org/articles/71179
scitechdaily.com/microscopic-feather-features-explain-why-these-terrifyingly-dangerous-birds-shine/?expand_article=1
This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu.
