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Maple seed flight path

Maple seed flight path. Multi-flash photo composition of a maple seed (Acer sp.) spinning as it falls. Maple seeds are attached to the tree in pairs. When they are pulled off the tree by a gust of wind the pair are also pulled apart. As the individual seeds fall they begin to spin around their centre of gravity, which is located in the nut (small hard lump at one end of the seed). The spinning slows down the decent of the seed, allowing it to be carried further away from the tree

© DAVID LENTINK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) expanding wings after emerging from chrysalis, on Passion vine (Passiflora sp). Hill Country, Texas, USA. Sequence 8/9

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Hang in There

A little grey tree frog seems to be doing chin-up exercises as it hangs on to a think stick. Isolated on a nice soft green bokeh background

© marianna armata

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