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The sunlight streaming through the partially open venetian blinds also casts a luminous shadow from the feather. In addition, please note how this large water drop magnifies the feather's details... i.e., its barbs and barbules.
A typical vaned feather features a main shaft, called the rachis. Fused to the rachis are a series of branches, or barbs; the barbs themselves are also branched and form the barbules. These barbules have minute hooks called barbicels for cross-attachment. [...] Feathers insulate birds from water and cold temperatures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather
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Tingüi Park, Curitiba, Brazil
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Waterdrops on a feather emphasize its weatherproof nature.
A typical vaned feather features a main shaft, called the rachis. Fused to the rachis are a series of branches, or barbs; the barbs themselves are also branched and form the barbules. These barbules have minute hooks called barbicels for cross-attachment. [...] Feathers insulate birds from water and cold temperatures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather
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Spotted this feather, covered with water droplets, lying on the damp sand on the edge of a river in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
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Taken in windy conditions that eventually led to the water drop breaking. However, in this closeup, one can still see how much it magnifies the feather's details... i.e., its barbs and barbules.
A typical vaned feather features a main shaft, called the rachis. Fused to the rachis are a series of branches, or barbs; the barbs themselves are also branched and form the barbules. These barbules have minute hooks called barbicels for cross-attachment. [...] Feathers insulate birds from water and cold temperatures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather
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