Iridescence - Blue Morpho Butterfly at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
by Darin Volpe
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Iridescence - Blue Morpho Butterfly at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
Description
This Blue Morpho was photographed at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California.
The Peleides Blue Morpho is found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. The brilliant blue is caused by light diffraction from millions of scales on the wings. The lifespan from egg to adult is about 115 days.
The California Academy of Sciences is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. Located in San Francisco, California, it houses over 26-million specimens. It is California's oldest operating museum and research institution for the natural sciences, having been started in 1853. It moved to its permanent location in Golden Gate Park in 1916. The buildings suffered significant damage in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and in 2008 they were replaced by a new 400,00 square foot building.
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January 4th, 2017
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