And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A lot of things stand out when you get into UV and IR. We need to further expand our natural perceptions to appreciate what is in the sky and on the land around us.
Birds and insects see somewhat into the ultraviolet. Many years ago, I knew a biologist at Union College that went around photographing plants and animals with a TV camera, because TV cameras also record into the ultraviolet. Things look a lot different when the UV band is added in.
Looks like a starling - wonder if it is?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking Grackle.
DeleteA lot of things stand out when you get into UV and IR. We need to further expand our natural perceptions to appreciate what is in the sky and on the land around us.
ReplyDeleteBirds and insects see somewhat into the ultraviolet. Many years ago, I knew a biologist at Union College that went around photographing plants and animals with a TV camera, because TV cameras also record into the ultraviolet. Things look a lot different when the UV band is added in.
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