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Levon Biss
The Hidden Beauty of Seeds & Fruits

June 9 2022

The collection of high magnification photographs below is captured by British photographer Levon Biss, using his bespoke camera system that allows him to combine thousands of pictures into one image of mind-blowing detail. Each picture reveals minute features and textures that are normally invisible to the naked eye, providing us with an insight into the strange and often bizarre adaptations that have evolved over thousands of years.

Since I made this previous post about seeds, I’m absolutely fascinated with the world of carpology, the study of seeds and fruits: Time Capsules of Life

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The Permeability of Reality

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Solar Sinter

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Chris Bryan
Mocean

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Eating the
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Beth Moon
Ancient Trees

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Maxfield Parrish
The Doctrine of Divine Light

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William Blake
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An Ocean of Ideas

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Robert Fludd
As above, so below

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Aldous Huxley
The Doors Of Perception

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De Es Schwertberger
Heavy Light

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Benoit Paillé
Rainbow Gatherings

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Buckminster Fuller
Everything I Know

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The Park

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