Sunday, March 4, 2012

steel flowers













I discovered these fascinating forms while flying in a small plane (De Havilland DHC-8 Series 300) up NSW coast. The phenomenon is caused by the coinciding speeds of the phone camera and the propeller blades. Perhaps because we were heading for holidays, the metal patterns reminded me of strange, tropical plants …

Interesting about the shadow, too.

Sydney–Port Macquarie, January 2012




7 comments:

  1. Nothing ordinary about these observations, Inari! Fantastic!

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  2. Thanks Esa! I like the shapes very much, it could be a series of brooches right there. "De Havilland"?! : ) Hope you're going well.

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  3. Thank you Anna! It was one of those completely unexpected delights, such shapes showing up on the camera screen (I thought it would have been a blur : )

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  4. Inari, these pics are amazing! Hopefully see you tomorrow :) Hugs, Cat

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  5. Amazing pictures of a very strange phenomenon...

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  6. Thank you! It was really interesting to observe.

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