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Dendrobium bellatulum is an orchid from low to moderate altitude mountain forests in southern Asia. It is an epiphyte with cane pseudobulbs and the flowers which emerge from leaf nodes on leafless stems are known to be fragrant.

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Did you know that common garden snails glow when you shine the right kind of light on them? This is a process known as biofluorescence, the production of fluorescence by living things.

In this case, the snail was illuminated by a heavily filtered UV flashlight. The shell goes a creamy peach, and the flesh goes vibrant Hulk green.

Fun fact: their slime is also green!

Nature is pretty cool.

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California Poppy photographed with UVIVF

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I Photographed The Invisible Light That Plants Emit

Craig Burrows

Photon-packing generalist photographer with a penchant for weird and surreal forms of light.

I've photographed hundreds of glowing flowers since 2014 after seeing Oleksandr Holovachov's work with ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UVIVF) photography.

Each time I do a set of UVIVF photos, it starts with going out under the cover of darkness to snatch unsuspecting flowers growing around the neighborhood. I rarely know what to expect from a flower before I get it back to shoot. Some I think will dazzle end up flopping, and others I am surprised by their colors or light. Every one is a surprise!

In the same way a tee-shirt blue glows under a black light, most organic material glows at least a little with UV stimulation and in all kinds of colors. To make the most of it, I make sure I'm working in the darkest environment I can and use a 365nm light so the camera can't see the UV light.

Any time the flowers are hit by sunlight, they're letting off their own glow in response and it's simply overwhelmed by the sunlight we can see. These photos capture something we always see, but never can observe. More info: cpburrows.com|| H/T Bored Panda

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Marvelous Glowing Flower by Craig Burrows

Marvelous Glowing Flower by Craig Burrows

Marvelous Glowing Flower by Craig Burrows

Inspired by UVIVF(ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence) photos shot by Oleksandr Holovachov, photon-packing generalist photographer Craig Burrows has been photographing hundreds of glowing flowers that emit invisible light in the darkest environment.

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Pine tree and lichen landscape in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, photographed with UVIVF.