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Because I have been taking gigapixel images of butterflies that I set together from tens of thousands of single photos through the microscope I wanted to know how a butterfly would see me.I build a camera the "Butterfly´s Eye Cam" that has no lens but 35.000 drinking straws that simulate a naive view of a butterfly.

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Date Taken: 10.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Vienna, Austria
Copyright: © Michael Bachhofer