{"id":211,"date":"2011-09-03T10:32:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T18:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infinitedigress.com\/?p=211"},"modified":"2011-09-03T10:32:55","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T18:32:55","slug":"transparent-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitedigress.com\/index.php\/2011-09-03\/nature\/transparent-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparent Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had two visitors in our kitchen, joined as one. They flew about at a fierce pace – the ultimate in speed dating. They lit on a hanging pan just long enough for me to snap a photo.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The tenuous embrace of transparent mates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I tried to capture them on video as they flew around the kitchen together, literally “hooking up”. My camera was on macro so it was impossible to track them in motion. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At one point one was outside hitting against the window and the other was inside doing the same at exactly the same place.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Through the camera it was difficult to find them. Once I saw the photo, I understood why. They are transparent and metallic on a metal backdrop. Are these natural or some robotics experiment gone wild?<\/p>\n

Click on these photos for a close up. It is pretty amazing.<\/p>\n

\"Dragon<\/a>
Dragon Flies as Captured<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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