Botanical Wednesday: Lenses

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   Holms

   31 January 2013 at 1:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   SCIENCE!

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   didgen

   31 January 2013 at 1:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Lovely, hibiscus?

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   didgen

   31 January 2013 at 1:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I was right. I hate living in the Pacific northwest. No more flowers year round.

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   carlie

   31 January 2013 at 4:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Ok, if I ever managed to take a picture like that, i’d be happy for the rest of my life.

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   DLC

   31 January 2013 at 5:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   that’s some piece of work.

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   rogerfirth

   31 January 2013 at 6:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Speaking of raindrop lenses. I happen to ride my motorcycle in the rain a lot. Occasionally a raindrop will hit the edge of my face shield just right and I’ll get a little puff of mist on my face.

   One time this happened and a droplet hit one of my eyes just right and formed a little “contact lens”. The rain drops all over my face shield, about 2 inches in front of my eyes, were suddenly in perfect focus. I could still see down the road just fine with my other eye, but with my one eye I could see every drop on the face shield in perfect focus. I looked around the faceshield for a second because it was so bizarre, then blinked and it was gone. Never had it happen before or since.

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   pHred

   31 January 2013 at 8:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   That is absolutely, insanely gorgeous!

   Makes it much easier to cope with the subzero temperatures and 50 mile an hour winds outside just knowing that such beauty is out there.

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   cicely (Mostly Harmless)

   31 January 2013 at 11:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   So beautiful.
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   congenital cynic

   31 January 2013 at 5:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Agree with #4 and #7. Superb photo.

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    Alex SL

    1 February 2013 at 2:31 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    That. Is. Awesome!

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    abhishiktjain

    1 February 2013 at 5:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    One of the bing image (of Nov 3, 2011) is even better – http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/?m=11&y=2011#20111103-uk