1st photo: Calliophis bivirgatus, the Blue Malaysian coral snake.
2nd photo: Trimeresurus venustus, the beautiful pit viper.
3rd photo: Cielia Cielia, Mussarana.
4th photo: Lampropeltis getula nigrita, the Mexican black king snake.
5th photo: Ophiophagus hannah, the king cobra.
Photos from Mark Laita’s book, Serpentine. The book is a collection of gorgeously lit snakes against a black backdrop. (via Vivid Snake Photos - Wired.com)
Fasciation (plant pathology) : Malformation of plant parts resulting from disorganized tissue growth. Specimen found while walking on the dunes at Saint-Georges-de-Didonne in France
If this isn’t an SCP yet it is about to be.
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“It is as beautiful as it is rare. A frost flower is created on autumn or early winter mornings when ice in extremely thin layers is pushed out from the stems of plants or occasionally wood. This extrusion creates wonderful patterns which curl and fold into gorgeous frozen petioles giving this phenomenon both its name and its appearance.”
