Mystery photo
January 7, 2013 • 6:41 am
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A shoal of small tropical fish perhaps? Sorry not able to be any more specific.
It’s a microscopic view of an insect’s wing.
Butterly scales?
Douglas fir seeds on the cone?
Snakeskin?
ribbons?
I think Steve is right – the forms in this image look very like the scales on butterfly wings I’ve seen in many microscopic images elsewhere over the last 30+ years.