This Is What Peacock Feathers Look Like Under A Microscope

Canadian software engineer and photographer Waldo Nell shows us just how fabulous peacock feathers are – even at a microscopic level. Using an Olympus BX 53 microscope, Nell employed a technique called ‘photo stacking’. It involves combining hundreds of pictures taken at different focal points to get an image with a greater depth of field.

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The results of his experiment reveal how peacock feathers don’t look like feathers at all. Instead, they look like chains of colourful and radiant metal intertwined like jewelry!