Photographing Nature Beyond the Limits of Human Perception | Doris Mitsch | TED

Artist Doris Mitsch invites us to revel in the wonders of nature through her dazzling photography: stacked images of starlings in flight, hawks surfing thermal updrafts, bats echolocating through the night sky and more. Revealing the hidden trails created by creatures in flight, her work offers unique insight into the intelligence behind nature's invisible rhythms.
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[@indirajith210]

The words of poet K . Anderson 🎉 "Bats can hear Shapes Plants can eat light Bees can dance maps" ❤❤❤

[@figuringitoutalive]

This is so beautiful and so true. I love everything about this short TED talk!

[@nemonomen3340]

Never been big on poetry, but this is beautiful.

[@dameanvil]

00:38 📸 Photo stacking is a technique to capture movement by layering multiple images taken over time. 01:40 🌊 Patterns in nature, like waves and spirals, become visible through flight trails. 02:47 🦇 Bats use high-pitched shouts to navigate, and many creatures sense their surroundings in ways beyond human perception. 03:23 🐦 Birds, like starlings, make group decisions at speeds too fast for human perception, revealing hidden intelligence in seemingly chaotic behavior. 04:34 🌍 The environment holds a rich tapestry of sensory information, from sounds to smells, that extend beyond our usual perception.

[@josieb7363]

this is so beautiful and in incredible concept. i think we can all appreciate just how much work all of this took. beyond impressed ❤

[@kaylorado]

Beautiful ted talk! Photography at its finest

[@figuringitoutalive]

YES! I love being reminded of the limits of our sensory experience and all that we know!

[@SecretEyeSpot]

This moved me to tears. Thank you for such an in depth appreciation for beauty

[@kirstenneff6580]

stunning work...and somehow comforting, all that exists beyond our perception

[@3phuttienganh]

Thank you for sharing useful knowledge. Wishing everyone who sees this comment good health, peace and happiness. Hope the channel grows more and more🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SarahPerry-ne1xr]

This is magical, what a wonderful, beautiful perspective of the world around us❤

[@GeorgeClayton1010]

Very good!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Rawi888]

Love this.

[@pongop]

Amazing!

[@HaiNguyenLandNhaTrang]

Thanks for your nice talk!

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you 🙏

[@aliwafaafif]

Beautiful

[@fr66dom_ZiYou]

Beautiful ❤

[@Kultakala_Design_Studio]

Amazing ❤

[@1983markbrown]

Might be the dopest talk yet

[@HaloDizayee]

Well done, keep going, ♾🌍

[@jdcjr50]

Thank you.

[@nezmaf]

Hi. Thanks for your talk. You see, the problem is that we are not able to connect. I mean between us humans. If only one day all of us could do so, with the amount of knowledge we have, the world would be a better place, and we would all benefit and live better. But unfortunately, that will never happen because of so many things. A hint is what we made ourselves, and that is power, which each of us seeks only. If we believe that things are not forever in this world and that this is the reason we are here, then why kill even for power? My question here is: Are we animals still? or segregated creatures. I'll leave that to you to answer.

[@user-zq7vc2qi1y]

what we call silence is just the limit to our hearing. wow, that got me :)

[@jacobknapp2236]

Amazing, beautiful, inspiring, life giving! Waw! ❤❤❤❤ such beauty all around us! So great full for this. Thank You 🙏.

[@credomott]

First? Awesome TED

[@c.f.3503]

Yes, congrats 🎉

[@samusande6461]

❤

[@Maykil107]

you are awesome

[@mray8519]

Thank you, just wonderful.

[@auroraaustralis5470]

Thankyou 🖖Awesome Life

[@RefinerSimilitude]

I love how science and tech can reveal increasing amounts of intelligent design in creation.

[@ellstackeradventures]

Yooo

[@guim_freitas]

I'm shocked on how you do that, maybe step-motion photography?

[@nhomnhackpop2]

One hundred

[@BrianMcInnis87]

4:09 Or at least that birds do.

[@raysapaw]

Why are TED talks so short?

[@NYtoNC]

Romans 1:20

[@gunnsmoke357]

A pandemic was a brilliant social experiment

[@vasfar9]

The Problem in our World is books and tittles for books to WE humans

[@Paymenomindthanks]

Wonder how good it would be to follow a spice head this way. Or a jockey but on their day off. Ice cream men can smell children for miles. Etc

[@nhomnhackpop2]

MOHAMMAD

[@Idontlikethisever]

Yeah God created it all. Just with you he was not that creative anymore because he knows the beginning from the end.

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

She looks but she doesn't fully see what the human is capable of seeing. Watching the non-Indian explore their world view is sometimes like watching a child trying to figure things out. She needs to speak for herself and not claim to know what is "beyond" human perception.

[@aurelienyonrac]

"Explore there world view" so well said.

[@krista2216]

The way to help a child to expand their knowledge and perspective is not to talk down to them, but to hold out our hands to help them step up. Your perspective is narrower than hers is. Humanity is what matters, not only one part of Humanity

[@rockysage7760]

Wtf are you talking about

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

@@krista2216 I'm calling out her false assumptions and her exclusion. I'm not looking for forgiveness in the manner I did it. I did in the way I did, to show how it feels. You also correct a child when they get out of line, do you not?

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

@@rockysage7760 I'm talking about the settler colonist always excluding the indigenous world view as if THEIR perception is the pinnacle of humankind's ability to see the world around them. ( I can assure you, it is NOT) I'm pointing out that fact the Patrick Wolfe is correct when he stated: Settler colonialism i'snt an event, it's a structure.

[@prakashmirase02]

Beautiful

[@_andres.hg_]

❤