Silver Ant Optical Macro with Two Panels (IMAGE)

Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Silver Ant Optical Macro with Two Panels

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Left: Sahara silver ants forage in the midday sun and look like droplets of mercury rolling on the desert surface. Right: The silvery appearance is created by a dense array of uniquely shaped hairs.

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Norman Nan Shi and Nanfang Yu, Columbia Engineering

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