Peacock is one of the most lucky bird species because it has very beautiful fur. Peacock feathers seem to light up when exposed to light. Is there something special behind in the beauty of peacock feathers? To find out, scientists from Univertas Fudan conducted a series of studies to uncover what made Merak's feathers look so beautiful.
Apparently, behind the peacock feathers there are very small hairs that are able to filter and reflect light with a variety of wavelengths.
In addition, physics scientists named Jian Zi and his colleagues also revealed that the bright colors in Peacock feathers are not produced by coloring molecules or pigments, but by very small, two-dimensional structures that resemble crystals.
This is not much, because the scientist has been studying optical peacock feathers and calculations. As a result, they found space between the thin stems or the crystals. Well, the space contained in these crystals cause light reflected with various angles that have very small differences until finally bring up a variety of colors.
"The male peacock tail has a stunning beauty with eye-shaped patterns that are shimmering, brilliant, colorful and colorful. When I look at the sun-shaped eye pattern, I am amazed at the beauty of these very impressive feathers, "said Jian Zi.
As quoted from Harunyahya, spatial design or gap in these crystals is very special. Arrangement between spaces is really fascinating. If this is not arranged in such a way, then the color diversity on the peacock feather tail will not be formed.
Now, the beauty of the Peacock feather has inspired other scientists to create suata tools using the spatial mechanisms in the peacock feather crystal.
Call it Andrew Parker, a zoology scientist and coloring expert at Oxford University who co-authored the discovery of Zi he called photonic crystals that can be used in industrial and commercial applications. In fact, these crystals can be used to pass light on telecommunications devices, or to make new computer chips very small.
To prove the beauty of bird feathers Peacock, a photographer named Waldo Nell shows photographs of Peacock feathers in detail from Macro lenses and microscopes.
Waldo Nell uses various focus and distance to obtain the most detailed Peacock feather images. He also perfected peacock feather photos using an image editing technique called stacking.
Instead of curious, you better listen directly to photographs of feathers Peacock tail seen from the following microscope:
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