Image: Morpho butterfly scale christmas tree multilayer structures drawing from electron micrograph
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Description: Ink drawing of the 'Christmas tree' thin layer optical interference structures that create the brilliant iridescent (blue) colours of Morpho butterflies. Each subtree has about 10 thin films, seen in cross section. From an electron micrograph.
Title: Morpho butterfly scale christmas tree multilayer structures drawing from electron micrograph
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Author: Chiswick Chap
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