What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue? | Deep Look

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[ZePurpleControler]

It's watching videos like these that make me want a 4K monitor

[adirondackErin]

If you did one on how a baby's eyes change color, that would be cool, and interesting.

[Iamafafr]

Butterflies can't see their own wings & don't how beautiful they are. People are butterflies.

[Tymdek]

Your videos always remind me how unbelievably impressive nature is and how much we must proect our planet in order to preserve it. Great job. :)

[debbiekreutzinger]

I have wondered about this beautiful butterfly all my life.





very easy to understand,

[KQEDDeepLook]

*What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue?*

What does it mean to be blue? The wings of a Morpho butterfly are some of the most brilliant structures in nature, and yet they contain no blue pigment -- they harness the physics of light at the nanoscale.

[poobertop]

I could stare at those wings through a microscope for hours.

[elisefication]

This channel taught me more than my bio class in school

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[anacampserote]

i'm just staring at this such a beautiful butterfly and smiling

[Yakubi]

Anyone else here who used to think butterflies were so beautiful until you saw that one Spongebob episode...?

[ryzenryne]

Phone manufacturers be like:
"Let's make a phone back glass that looks like the colors of that butterfly."

[JayPeek]

"so they figured out a way" I wonder what way.

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The ways you guys make each video..makes me think how magnificent ..nature is? you guys are doing a great job!! really appreciate your work team deep look!!

[transientwayfarer]

Like most all of your videos, this has enough beauty to make one shiver! Thank you for allowing us a glimpse into these extraordinary microcosms.

[multigrandmarquis]

This video was in my recommended because I looked up videos of the Morpho Knight battle from Kirby Star Allies.

But I’m grateful for the lesson, however unexpected!

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This channel needs to have wayy more subscribers and views!!! Such quality content!

[taylorvalerygrenier]

i'm intrigued about kiwi birds. If you ever consider this topic

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University of California, Berkeley's Nipam Patel is exploring nanostructures in butterfly wings and how these give certain species of this insect a remarkable blue color without using any pigment.