Larry Forte

Artist

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Have you ever seen a white Common Raven (Corvus corax)? No, this isn’t a new species… or a ghost. 👻 This Raven’s striking pale plumage is the result of the genetic mutations leucism or albinism. Leucism is a reduction in all types of pigmentation, including melanin. Albinism is the inability to produce or distribute melanin. One hint to tell the difference? Individuals affected by leucism often have blue eyes, while individuals with albinism have pink eyes. White Common Ravens are rare. An estimated 1 in 30,000 individuals is born without this species’ signature black plumage.

Photo: Cos van Wermeskerken, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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Gold earflare with turquoise, Moche culture, Peru, 3rd-7th century AD

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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by Gordon Hart

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National Archives, Washington DC, Photo by Volkmar Wentzel, 1935

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[vintagenatgeographic]

A solitary sprinter dashes along surf-scalloped St. Vincent, one of the least visited islands of the Windward islands in the Caribbean

National Geographic | December 1965

[mauveflwrs]

Roy Lichtenstein - Cherry Pie (1962)

[thinkingimages]

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Untitled (Refrigerator),” (1981). In the artist’s hands, it wavers between appliance and found surface on which to draw. Credit…Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Licensed by Artestar, New York

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Pablo Picasso

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