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

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Biology Physics Video blue butterfly color deep look insects light morpho nipam patel physics pigments ryan null science structural color UC Berkeley university of california berkeley
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Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue? | Deep Look

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.
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PBS Learning Media

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