va paleo Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/science/01feath.html?em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeepinthemud Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/science/01feath.html?em Well, I think that would win fossil of the month! Great link, Michael. thanks for posting! "To do is to be." -Socrates "People are Stupid." -Wizard's First Rule "Happiness is a warm Jeep." -Auspex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I'll have to track down the original paper and read it; something went wrong in the translation to the popular press: The iridescence in a bird's feathers is not due to pigmentation; it is structural refraction (like a prism). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 auspex i will get it i know CARL ZIMMER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Here is Nat Geo's take on the subject! Find the article HERE! Pictures included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Iridescence is caused by an interaction of light with the material that the light hits. The color changes depending on the angle of observation, like the rainbow sheen on an oil slick. That's the missing part! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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