flowers in ultraviolet

these are photos of flowers in ultraviolet: pollinating guide patterns not visible to human eyes.

natural light:



same flower, ultraviolet light:



another flower, natural light:



same flower, ultraviolet light:



same flower a third time, ultraviolet flourescence:



lovely stuff, my favorite kind of science.

a version of this post was posted previously in a blog i'm no longer using, sorry if you're re-reading it, how dull for you