From the iridescent blue wings of the Eumaeus atala butterfly to the painted lady’s signature fiery orange, it’s no secret butterflies have some pretty captivating flappers. For a long time ...

Butterfly scales are complex microstructures, but most of what is known about their formation is based on still images of developing and mature butterfly wings.

Kjell Bloch Sandved is a Norwegian nature photographer. Throughout the course of his career, he gathered quite the collection of images of butterfly’s wings. What he’s done with a few of those ...

The wings may not match up perfectly, but they still allowed the little fellow to fly. Photo Courtesy of Romy McCloskey According to McCloskey, helping the butterfly to fly had an even deeper ...

Images: 1. Wing scale photonic nanostructure, from electron micorscope to model./PNAS. 2. Soap film around a wire frame./ Wikimedia Commons. 3. A gyroid model built by Alan Schoen./NASA. 4.

Museums Kjell Sandved, photographer who found art in butterfly wings, dies at 93 January 16, 2016 More than 9 years ago Summary ...

From the iridescent blue wings of the Eumaeus atala butterfly to the painted lady’s signature fiery orange, it’s no secret butterflies have some pretty captivating flappers. For a long time, it seemed ...