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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Just for fun: Time lapse vines


Who doesn't love timelapse photography, especially when it involves twining vines?





This sort of twisting motion is called 'nutation'. It's not well understood, although it does rely on unequal growth rates on different sides of the plant tissue. These images were taken at 10 minute intervals.

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