THIS IS A BUTTERFLY! (Scanning Electron Microscope) - Part 2 - Smarter Every Day 105

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[@Dloweification]

That was by far one of the most interesting videos I've run into on KZbin.

[@jimday666]

one of them

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Dloweification I am glad to be part of the 1.5m that have watched this video. FeelsGoodMan

[@maenpaaelmeri]

I TOTALLY agree!

[@rupityruptherandomprince1252]

2:15

[@WatchInVR1]

Yeah, evolution is so creative!

[@Drybones898]

When the photo didn't lose quality as it zoomed it actually confused me.

[@skyr8449]

several gb of an image I would imagine

[@KarunaMurti]

Probably using software to create deep zoom image en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Zoom

[@asdfghyter]

It might be based on multiple photos, each one more zoomed in. That is why it switches from color to grayscale, they switched from microscope to electron microscope.

[@HelloHiHelloHiHello]

Haha same here

[@somefuckstolemynick]

Zoom! Enhance!

[@MrNick-]

“Oooo so this is where you work?” “This is where I live” 1:12 I know that feeling buddy 😂

[@aj339]

Lolololol hahaha Godbless you and him

[@BillAnt]

Hold my butterfly wing! ;D

[@mark_shagal]

Ahahahahhhh the same

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Step in to my domain mortal.

[@TheCatWrangler]

I have an intense phobia of butterflies and moths, yet this video helped me to translate that energy into interest instead of fear. From this video I can appreciate how beautiful and complex life is. Thank you so much.

[@jelenasusic2914]

Good for you!

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[@ElizabethLopez-hx6xv]

I love the vibe with which you teach us. You are a very intelligent man and are constantly expanding your field of knowledge yet you never act haughty or "smarter-than-you". You learn what you can, teach us, admire it, and accept the fact that there is still things not known and express how beautiful that is. I just wanted to say: I thoroughly enjoy your videos, keep it up!

[@freethebrain]

"Butterflies are using nanotechnology to lie about their color". One of the most beautiful phrases I have ever heard. The deceptiveness of our senses is humbling. Perception is such a marvel.

[@eventhorizon8014]

7:17 I was somehow expecting him to eat it

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r/cursedcomments

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[@kieranwalker2249]

I was thinking that to

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Wrong channel, buddy. This is not Cody'sLab.

[@Demian1]

Same

[@Khaos07]

Man, the way you make those videos is absolutely over the roof - or rather from space. Keep it up forever. So extremely appreciated.

[@RicardoJunqueira]

Destin, you made me cry tears of joy during this video. Your point of view of the things the baffles you are amazing and truly inspirational and contagious. You are, more than a great person and a very intelligent man, you are a GREAT communicator. Mankind needs more people like you. Today you made me feel really good and proud to be human and alive at this time. Thank you!

[@smartereveryday]

Thanks Ricardo! It's not me though, I'm just the messenger.

[@huedue]

@smartereveryday don't be tempted by Satan. Stay steadfast in your faith

[@cibiraj1275]

i am in tears ! the elegance, grandeur of nature is indescribable.

[@theG0rdL0rd]

The hippo sprays chuncks of shiy everywhere to mark territory.

[@tgstudio85]

@Asad Ahmad yes it can. Can you explain how complex shape of snowflakes are made "themselves" from water? Do angels make them?

[@garrettglenewinkel7366]

This is by far one of my favorite videos Destin has ever made. It’s one of the videos that got me so interested in this channel I even used it in high school for a project. I made a slideshow talking about monarch butterflies and have a used the technology to produce the color that they are and I included a few key clips from this video. My presentation seemed to be one of the only ones that almost the other delinquents were interested in. My teacher pulled me aside and told me how much she loved this. I bought her a monarch butterfly that’s framed and she still has it on her wall. So Destin, thank you for everything you’ve taught me

[@ArsonRides]

02:18 My Grandma just called and she wants her glasses back, bro

[@lifelesskids]

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[@ericcarrington1791]

Lol they really are granny glasses

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[@fredasange2508]

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[@fbn7766]

lol

[@Vorpal_Wit]

The hairs look like the scales rolled up. Perhaps the scales come in as hairs then split and unroll into scales. The root hole looks to be the same structure for both.

[@Nahh13579]

+Billy Wardlaw nice theory

[@nixilei7152]

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[@animalntaz]

+Billy Wardlaw That's what I immediately thought.

[@HatchetHatter]

+Jermaine Lee I love how this went from an incredibly intelligent comment to Filthy Frank.

[@SallyLePage]

Such a beautiful video - I really like the observation, question, testing format to show science in action. Also, that isopropanol test was inspired - so simple but worked so clearly! I'm now very tempted to set up an activity with the museum I volunteer at all about butterfly scales. :)

[@Kram1032]

Do that! More butterfly wing research can never be wrong! :D

[@SmarterEveryDay2]

Make it so.

[@andrescobark]

"Butterflies use nanotechnology to lie about their color” that was so beautifully unexpected it made my eyes watery

[@zackjandali]

When I have a question I want answered, I go to Google, not physically, I just open my phone and search it. When Destin has a question he wants answered he flies to the most knowledgeable place on the 🌎 about the subject of his question and asks the experts in person. What a passion for knowledge. And then he records as much of it as he can to share it for free with the world. This man is educating the right way. Keep it up Destin ❤️ you a homie

[@saphireflmz4321]

dang it is inspirational

[@letsart6434]

I love this guy's outlook on life. I almost cried when he said "and thats, beautiful."

[@kathryncarter6143]

Cry for the death of those beautiful butterflies that had there life ended because someone wanted to grab them for a video

[@irlclubsandwich7907]

@@kathryncarter6143 dude, they probably have access to a butterfly farm (Destin made a video at one once) so they probably died naturally

[@sigitkus7029]

I can't cry because I watched the video in 1.75x speed...

[@geniusgamer3840]

@@kathryncarter6143 Right, because animals never die in the wild and there's no way to get already-dead butterflies

[@jgrimmier]

Wow, how many megapixels was that full scan? Holy that zoom was amazing.

[@smartereveryday]

It was actually a series of 18 scans at different magnification. Henry from MinutePhysics stitched them all together for me. How awesome is that?

[@jgrimmier]

SmarterEveryDay Very! Thanks for the reply!

[@1800SHWEEEET]

SmarterEveryDay Pretty frickin' awesome!

[@yubear420]

The dust that flew off of the butterfly's wings as it flapped its wings for the first time after falling was magical.

[@bobgodin732]

Concerning the "hairs" on the Cithaerius' wings, I would venture to say that these hairs act as angle of attack sensors to help the butterfly determine is attitude relative to the wind vector. This is a critical element of data needed for objects capable of controlled flight, including aircraft.

[@thekrrib]

That makes sense, for sure =)

[@SpydersByte]

quite a good idea, like the hairs in our inner ears that give us our sense of balance.

[@Mgl1206]

SpydersByte I though those were fluids

[@railgap]

What if they serve multiple purposes? Hairs turn out to be a good defense against lots of things since the hairs themselves are non-living so cannot be infected or "hurt" (physically damaged, sure, but they are sacrificial by nature because dead) by say, UV light. They can defend against mites. Even small insects have parasitic insects and the like which live on their bodies. Hairs can make it hard for them to eat the host. Hairs with sensing nerves can also be used as sense organs. Hairs with erectile muscles (like human's skin hair) cam be used to help regulate temperature. And so on.

[@railgap]

@@Mgl1206 the motion of the fluids (determined in part by how fast we are turning and in which direction - there are three, which occupy roughly three axial planes - see also "rate gyro" - a navigation device which does this a different way) is detected by hairs inside the semicircular canals. Our hearing is also detected by waves passing thru the fluid-filled chambers of the cochlea, to which the semicircular canals. We also have small stones inside hollow chambers which are part of the semicircular canals called "otoliths" (latin for ear stones) and the position of these stones (which wall of the chamber gravity is pushing them against) is detected by hairs also, and these give us a very crude sense of absolute orientation, although it is not precise. They are better at telling us we are "not upright" than exactly what position we are in. This is driven home forcefully when one takes a night SCUBA diving class, when you are weightless and can't see - you literally can't tell which way is up. But it's better than nothing. ^_^

[@heidiannemorris]

beautiful ♥ thank you Destin, gave me goosebumps

[@BisMaxx]

Your commitment and mutual loyalty with Audible is worthy of respect. You've been working with them for many years. It says a lot about your character and that of their business. I am definitely going to support you both!

[@junkequation]

That zoom was one of the coolest effects I've ever seen. Would love to see more scanning electron microscope videos

[@liambohl]

KZbin should have a "more people need to see this video" button! Even with 2.7 million views, this video is underrated.

[@442hoeky]

I have a theory on WHY they developed the 'dust' like material on their wings. As a kid, I liked to feed the big Garden spiders whatever insects I could find around the yard. The most common creature I found were little moths that hung out in the grass until dark. Half the time I threw them in the web, they would fly right out, leaving only a coating of 'dust' on the sticky spider web. Seemed like a pretty good defense mechanism to me.

[@joeytje50]

What I think those hairs might be is a kind of other version of the scales that is not folded out, which causes it to stop blocking out light, making the wing transparent. That would also explain why those hairs look so similar to the scales, since it just uses the same blueprint, but instead never folds out the scales. It's the same evolutionary principle as human body hairs. Instead of getting rid of the human's hairs or the butterfly's scales on the places where they're not needed, they're just reduced in size.

[@jimmcdonald9244]

Love the silhouette of Reepicheep at the end! Brilliant vid Destin. Thank you for posting.

[@mhgscrubadub9917]

I got a chance to use a SEM recently and they are one of the most eye opening pieces of tech I've ever touched. Its like zooming in from space to a street view on the micro scopic scale

[@Deon]

Wow, this is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@JinglePeeny]

Imagine if we could control this nano technology and apply it to a suit. Bam, we're now chameleons.

[@ARatQuiRit]

Soon, soon. If it's not us, will be AI ^^

[@paytoncotroneo4960]

Your comment just gave me a weird thought. If humanity is so close to the A.I. singularity, then it would stand to reason, if other sufficiently intelligent beings do exist, and if they are more advanced than us, than they should have already surpassed the point of the singularity, and should have A.I. capable of feats humanity couldn't fathom. Which brings me to three possible major conclusions: A. Everything stated above is true, and for some reason these beings (Either the A.I. or whatever created them) have chosen to stay hidden from us. Or B. we are the most advanced life in the universe. Or C. Mans fears are correct, and once the singularity is established, it destroys its creators and goes off on its own. Or i suppose a fourth possibility is just that it really is, by the laws of nature, impossible to explore the universe.

[@ARatQuiRit]

They took controle, we leave in a simulation, don't you know that ? =P

[@pkop4]

@ payton cotroneo - so basically the Fermi Paradox?

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Believe me: people are trying.

[@Anomaly3066]

This made me so happy to be able to learn something so new and interesting 😭 What am Amazing Video!!!

[@ChristianoDebarry]

That (in)finite zoom is nothing but AWESOME!

[@riparianlife97701]

I clicked "Like" before even watching the video. I guess that makes me a die-hard groupie.

[@Kurtlane]

Question: Do butterflies that lose scales grow new ones? If so, how / from where?

[@drewandrew4722]

Simply amazing! I love your description of the simply complex butterfly wing.. really great work!

[@followthelaw8722]

You're videos are amazing! Where else on this planet could we find this information without you? Regardless of the topic you are doing something so important for helping any person understand complex things in a simpler way. Thank you.

[@Meifesto]

I love how simple something can look, but if you look closely, they became so versatile and impressive. Nothing as beautiful as mother nature

[@qwiddity]

Say what? Butterfly wings are partially pigmented using nano-scale baffles which directly disrupt photons into reflecting only the desired wavelengths of particular colours, chosen for specific selection purposes by evolution through natural selection, out of the entire electromagnetic spectrum? Wow. For me at least, butterfly iridescence just got a WHOLE lot more awesome! Thank you! :)

[@jedijeremy]

Yup, and the light gets selectively polarized too, which their eyes can detect.

[@andrewedis9907]

Destin that zoom animation is so cool. This video is beautiful and informative, I love it

[@basseblyberg8474]

Hey Destin, i’m constantly just blown away by your videos. Amazing job! 👊🏻

[@ArcticArsenal]

Mind blown. That was one of your best videos ever.

[@martixy2]

If I wasn't already subscribed, you'd have earned my subscription with this one.

[@sriramkrishnamurthy9881]

This one video made me say unbelievable every time I watched. Thank you Destin for making this one.

[@chi4829]

6:39, the scale at the bottom-left changes as the structure is zoomed in. This is top-notch video editing.

[@ManuelOctavio]

Speechless. Great great video.

[@smartereveryday]

Don't thank me. I didn't make the butterfly. I'm just the reporter.

[@catshavedreamstoo967]

SmarterEveryDay Both the subject and reporter are needed to bring us this amazing video. So still a sincere thanks from all of us (to both you and the specimens collected).

[@Narbris]

Destin, you should check if the wing is still transparent under different types of light, such as ultraviolet. Since butterflies can see different wavelengths from humans, I can't help but wonder if the wing is actually transparent from a butterfly's perspective. Perhaps this could be used in identifying potential mates.

[@words007]

lets all take a moment of silence in 2019 for all those butterflies who gave their life for us to enlighten with knowledge

[@DanielJ]

I doubt they were willing haha

[@kathryncarter6143]

Absolutely

[@ommegater]

SmarterEveryDay is an EPIC channel! Thank you for making videos like this!

[@confucheese]

What do the "hairs" do? What are they for? WHAT DO THEY DO?! I HAVE TO KNOW

[@dixonthe2]

The hairs are there to repel water considering the ridges only block out 97% of water :) hoped this helped

[@kida4313]

gianni dixon It did!

[@Sirax123]

gianni dixon beauty killer.

[@madeleineameliacoopergreen5398]

gianni dixon Really? That's so cool!!!

[@chamarawijepala2021]

+Frederick Abel Dude your sentence rhymed.

[@JackTheAwsome1]

Awesome! I was thinking about the butterfly's "hairs": they could be respiration limbs. We know insects have a respiratory system based on hollow tubes that bring oxygen to the tissue inside the animal, and on a flying insect one of the most efficent place to harvest oxygen is on the wings because of the convection produced by the animal itself. It would be a bit like a dinamo on a bicycle: part of the energy we spend on riding the bicycle is causing motion of the wheels that fuel the dinamo, so part of the energy spent by the butterfly for motion of the wings is recycled through the hairs that allow a more efficent respiration.

[@memeimhere]

Thank you for all your Great videos. I really appreciate all the time and effort you put in to make these. I really enjoy watching them.

[@TheSilverGate]

2:17 lol at that hardcore after-hat haristyle, the glasses maximized the nerdiness of it

[@levi12howell]

I don't like saying "mysteries we'll never understand".. I still have some hope

[@siinxx7656]

being optimistic about those things is what makes us human

[@colmblodget9157]

we will never understand what nothing would look like

[@siinxx7656]

@@colmblodget9157 imagine if thats what you experience when we die.... becoming nothing, or just nothing accordingly to how our senses perceive "something" in the "world" of this "reality".

[@barrywhite9114]

We Will Understand God... Smarter Day by Day! Thanks 🙏

[@JuanPabloCarbajal]

most amazing video in the history of this channel! Congratulations.

[@inventanew]

you need an official show for sure this was very high quality, definitely showing this to my kids at school

[@pacomazerati]

Destin. This video is amazing. thank you for everything you do.

[@WoWSmirv]

Man, I so love your channel. I love to learn and these videos do just that, they teach me a lot of REALLY COOL stuff. :) love it

[@AlexPope1668]

I almost didn't watch this one. I would have missed out on amazing electron microscope amazingness. Well done, Destin!

[@smartereveryday]

What should I do to the title/thumbnail to have made you more likely to watch?

[@AlexPope1668]

SmarterEveryDay Perhaps the pink of the blue scales would have drawn me in quicker. Bright Colours may attract more viewers. But, to be completely honest, you've had a few videos that had spiders or other creepy-crawly critters, and I'm a bit squeamish in that area, so I've occasionally avoided some of your videos that I thought may contain similar images. But I clicked on this one because, with butterflies, I didn't really expect the creepy-crawlies.

[@frollard]

SmarterEveryDay If theres anything I've learned about my (most) popular videos it's that rainbow colours in the thumbnail (I build rgb led stuff) get people to click. Your magic part 1 video with the wide chroma is perfect for clickable enticing goodness. Using the false colour sem would be better than the brown.

[@emeraldtrichomeco8062]

I love it.! its so amazing how deep you can look into their structure. The zoom out was something Nat.Geo wish they had; it was so good!

[@pacart1]

Thank you for making me Smarter Every Day. This is amazing. I have just found your channel and is so good.

[@Bigelowbrook]

Thank you. This was very well done!

[@aoshi1992]

Improving every day (he really deserves any money he makes in videos)

[@guijunkeira]

simply LOVE what you are doing for science! i show your videos frequently to all my students! THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR WORK

[@raz0229]

Did u expect ur comment to get a like from a video 6 years ago?

[@Ahayu-lindo]

You made me smarter to understand butterflies, they are so amazing creatures. Beautiful and their life process is just amazing from from egg to larve to butterfly

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Stumbled onto SmarterEveryDay back when you made the vid about the bike with opposite steering and have watched a lot from the channel ever since. Love your channel. Always very interesting. ^^

[@davidrohrig2718]

Thanks for the Video! I’m always fascinated by objects appearing to be the color they reject. What if the round nano structures are part of sensory organs to sense airflow? (thought of the title bands on sails)

That's obviusly Stun Spore. It learns it at level 12.

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This guy is a national treasure. The world needs more of this right now.

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giving new meaning to the term "butterfly effect" bro, thank you so much for simply existing and doing what you do. your videos can turn a bad day into a good one. love you man.

[@AnkurRoy-bi9yz]

Omg, this is one of the most interesting things I have see in a long time. WOW.

[@anarfox]

Forget the butterflies. Those goggles!

[@wasletfellcar]

I am absolutely amazed by this. I can't believe this was released over 6 years ago.

[@Fragsteady]

Wow! An intellectually stimulating treat as usual. Thanks for the hard work and for sharing.

[@xX_und_wv_d_x_Xx]

I was told to never touch a butterfly's wings or else it wouldn't be able to fly anymore.

[@johnsmith-gk3ek]

Good for you.

[@martingutsch6985]

Well these were dead, so I doubt they'd be doing any flying regardless of handling (;

[@Panos__P]

me too Thought not immediately or with only one touch, but most kids(not only kids) don't know how to grab a butterfly so better to avoid the risk. if you only touch a butterfly for a instance it probably wouldnt be a problem, but if you rumb it that might destroy most of the little scales we saw in this video...

[@BisMaxx]

Your parents didn't love you.

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BisMaxx Bruh. It's obvious why they actually told him that. Jerk.

[@ameyms]

*This* video is beautiful.

[@praveenpr6281]

Destin, what an amazing piece of information, thanks for the video

[@Futuresoldier121]

I love this channel so much. This is amazing.

[@starkissed9shadow]

This was SO interesting...science is awesome :) Thanks for sharing!

[@imyouandurme]

I'm a guy, and I love butterflies. Doesn't make me a girly-man...but I am kinda girly. I wore a sequined dress once. I felt pretty for 5 minutes...then I shaved. I lied about feeling pretty. C'mon. It had blue sequins. I felt easy. But yeah...butterflies are awesome. (big finish on the guitar)

[@michaellawson6533]

Thank you very much , you have explained it well and it looks beautiful. Nature is marvelous and mysterious.

[@integratypryan]

This video is wild. That zoom in sequence blew my mind.

[@GodeAssassin15]

Aaaaaaaand... this is how you blow minds with only a butterfly.

[@ExcelutionNero]

Butterfree used sleep powder.

[@SleebyRise]

You used dumb joke.

[@justinsong6462]

phantom?

[@palebluedot7435]

+SilentDarkness Attack evolved into a prick prick learned splash

[@zackjandali]

Is that why I’m yawning rn?

[@Mravilet18]

You should win a Nobel price for science... Thank you for all your amazing videos, Ive been following your since a very long time ago and I really enjoy your channel. Cheers from Montreal!

[@MMMaddison]

This is the craziest video I've seen in a long time. Glad that I've been binging your videos!!

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Amazing what differential equations that govern atoms can do!

[@meanjeanmcqueen6171]

Holy cheeseballs, that's absolutely amazing!!!

[@benji.B-side]

The beauty of nature at nano scale is just as beautiful as the beauty our eyes can see on our scale of viewing!! Incredible stuff!!

[@flashflair]

I really appreciate that you just stated the discovery and the facts and you didn't just start talking about how it "evolved" to have scales. It just does and that's beautiful. This way whether you believe in evolution or creation both parties can watch this peacefully. Thank you

[@ktor538]

Very interesting episode, I had often wondered about. I feel smarter today' Cheers

[@keilerbie7469]

Why are you so colorful? *NANOMACHINES, SON*

[@eblue345]

one of the best videos i watched in a while

[@0zux45]

I really like your videos. The images are beautiful :) also the science that produces those is simply amazing

[@barry.anderberg]

Remember everyone, this just evolved by chance over millions of years. Even if it looks designed, it's not. Repeat that as many times as necessary to convince yourself.

[@captainhd9741]

It can still be designed even having undergone a system such as evolution. Just because you start with simple parts or ingredients for a computer chip and a factory spits out a complex computer chip doesn't mean there was no design. You wouldn't expect to get any meaningful result from any system or mechanisms be it by mother nature or artificial. In fact it's incredible that the world works in such a way that even allows for mechanisms to be able to interact with one another allowing for such bigger systems to be in place such that you not only get things that exist perfectly according to environmental needs but to also on top of that have a degree of flexibility such that it remains sophisticated and functioning as changes of the surroundings occur. If you still don't believe the science, ask yourself when evolution can even start to begin. Does it require genes in order for mutation to occur or not? If yes then there you go. The process needs something that is already complex (DNA) to even begin. Have you also considered the varies of factors that have to be considered in order for anything to be this successful? It's not as simple as trial and error under mutation, otherwise it wouldn't be a whole field of study that is developing such as the new neo-Darwinian theory as opposed to the old and replaced Darwinian theory of evolution

[@Jerkasaur]

the nano structures you were calling "hairs" what if they are utilized for balance in the sense that the butterfly can feel the slightest movement in each "hair" so that is better able to steady himself during flight. idk maybe I'm just dumb

[@FlintSparkedStudios]

Haha, don't say you're dumb! Everything we've ever discovered starts with someone thinking, "Hmm, maybe this is why." and then that is tested.

[@MeesterG]

Pretty good hypotheses. I wonder what the nano-holes in the 'hairs' are good for

[@tiffanybriley6256]

That is so incredible!!! Who would of thought that a Butterfly's wings were so complex? 👍

[@isaiahcolon5661]

Such a cool video. Love this channel!

[@christopherhanthorn3486]

After learning so much about viruses and their role in the evolution of animals by altering genes in dna, i wonder if the function of the complex nano-structure of the hair isn't an adaptation for the butterfly, but something that was created by viruses to help them collect or spread. Or if it is visual maybe just not for humans visual spectrum but for creatures that are more complex like the mantis shrimp that can see different types of waves on the electromagnetic spectrum. Nature is incredible and to understand it we need to be able to understand the smallest parts first. thanks for the video, I've been wanting to see an animation of a zoom like that, very cool.

[@wus291]

2020: *appears* RECOMENDED VIDEOS THIS IS A BUTTERFLY! (Scanning Electron Microscope) - Part 2 - Smarter Every Day 105

[@TheJoriom]

Thats called Butterfly effect. This video about butterflies from 2013 caused all of 2020.

[@LawpickingLocksmith]

Around where I live there are Ulysses Butterflies. The first wing that went into a scanning electron microscope showed that raster that absorbs yellow light. A bit like a reverse LED where blue light shines onto yellow phosphor. So the Ulysses has a white raster narrow enough to turn daylight into blue light.

[@drandana3661]

Absolutely love this channel!