Bright Shiny Beetles (IMAGE)

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Bright Shiny Beetles

Caption

The green structural color from this scarab beetle consists largely of polarized light. This image accompanied the perspective, "A Twist of Evolutionary Photonics,: by P. Vukusic appearing in the July 24, 2009, issue of Science.

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P. Vukusic, University of Exeter

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