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The what of this puzzle is easy; it’s a lizard from the backyard. But how was this Terminator photo taken?
(not a Photoshop job)
20 responses to “How is that? (18)”
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A laser, between 635nm and 685nm, is being aimed into his eye, which has a reflective membrane in it.
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Very cool looking lizard. We get mostly geckos, chameleons and skinks around our part of the country. Nothing around here has such pronounced scales.
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Bingo Vanita + Rocketeer! Vanita is correct that it is a dead lizard…. very dead…. the ants have hollowed it out. (It’s like a lizard on a diet, and that is why the scales stick out).
But there is no optical fiber. Rocketeer is correct that there is a red laser aimed into the eye, but it’s the other eye. The laser is shining into the eye socket from the far side. It shines through and illuminates the interior of the skull. (If you look very carefully, you can see some faint red glow spots shining through the top of the head).
I’ll post some other views of this mean looking critter.
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Good teamwork, it took us both Rocketeer! ;-}
Jurvetson – I keep thinking about the ants brandishing their many fists and cursing your name for making off with their lizard snack. …And at Thanksgiving time too.. Maybe you should toss them a peace offering. ;-}
That was a fun puzzle, but then they all are!
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With *more* lasers!…
And that just reminds me. It almost has to to go in to this group doesn’t it?
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Very creative and what a cool find!!
Thank you for adding your photo to our Nature out of Nature theme thread in The World Through My Eyes
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Talking about laser and biology… thought you may like it if not already =)
Photonicheers from France !
It lives and lases"The first living laser is nothing to be afraid of. It’s just a single cell pulsing with light that may lead to new ways of probing microscopic realms. And maybe — just maybe — laser bunnies."
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