Colourful flies leg

Since a short time I ever and again go down into the microcosm, a very interesting and colourful world. A lot of optical phenomena in the sky can also be found in this little world. The origin of the colours are usually diffraction and interference. Actually it´s no wonder, that these tiny structures are able to bend the light. So it´s probably possible that the bristles of a flies leg get colourful. Well, I think, I should analyze the hairs on my legs, too.. . 😉

The compound eye shows interesting effects as well and the wings anyway. Some flies have seemingly a gold foil between the eyes.

More pictures of my journey into the microcosm can be found here: – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5

Author: Sven Aulenberg, Saarburg, Germany