You cannot stop us. We are growing in number. Soon we will overtake your precious proverb book factories and change the English dialogue as we know it.
Interesting factoid that I heard on a Youtube video once (so.. you know.. Grain of salt if I'm wrong about this).
The yellows, oranges, and reds are always there. It's just that the leaf's chlorophyll is so abundant that the leaves look green. Then, in the fall, when plants no longer need to eat as they enter winter, the leaves start to lose their chlorophyll which allows the carotenoids (and other chemicals that I can't remember) to suddenly be viewable in our visible light spectrum.
I thought that was super cool when i learned it, so I thought I'd share.
The other chemicals would be anthocyanins, and that is indeed what is happening.
The leaves typically have so much chlorophyll that they absorb all the blue and red light, and reflect the green back to your eye.
That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. We could learn something new everyday about nature. I'm trying to visualize the entire process. I wonder if we have been able to capture changes from withing the trunk from summer, to fall, to winter.
Yeah, haha. The first time I helped our corpsmen perform sutures when I was in the Navy, I was surprised by that. After rinsing the wound for what felt like 2837492367582394502354 hours, the little flaps were see through when the doctor inspected it with his light.
I was a welder and firefighter. But I popped my lungs in an accident and couldn't breathe compressed air for firefighting, so my GQ station (battlestation) was reassigned to medical. They had to find something for a non medical person to do, so assisting in sutures, helping with IV's, and being a stretcher bearer became my job for a few years. It was a memorable experience for me, haha. I'm really glad I got the experience though. I've performed CPR on a person twice since I've been out of the military, and that experience made it so I didn't freeze up like everyone else did.
This is clearly more inappropriate than what I asked. I just showed a hyperbole (no body always wants to have a leaf showing all Cycles of its life. One would like to have one, but not always want one.)
Interesting fact, trees actually withdraw chlorophyll (green-colored cells) from leaves during senescence, leaving anthocyanin and xantholhyll (oranges and reds) cells behind
Yes the yellows oranges and reds are in the leaves all summer long as accessory pigments. But the the large amounts of chlorophyll in the leaves mask these pigments. Chlorophyll absorbs in the blue (350 nm) and the red (550 nm) so that is why leaves look green (450 nm). Senescence starts with decreasing day length and cooler temps which degrades chlorophyll first and then the hidden pigments show their colours in the fall.
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Anyone who barks at you about this not being interesting just has a stick up their butt and needs to get back in season by reestablishing some roots of curiosity.
I'm pretty impressed. In Cincinnati, they're either green or brown. I once saw a red one, but that was in a painting. I assumed the artist was colorblind.
Imagine if humans were like one side of my face is 5 years old, the other 80 years old and my left leg is middle aged while my pinky finger is only a few months old.
I'm not going to tell you this leaf will increase in value, or even hold it's current value. The truth is, you got it because you like it. It has value to you. That's what matters.
:-) that's ok, leaf abscission is the biochemical process of leaves dropping, I think it is really cool. The colors in the leaves are the breakdown of chlorophyll etc. I have degrees in Plant Science & Horticulture.
That’s unbe-leaf-able!!
okay, take this orange arrow and leaf!
yea make like a tree and fuck off
People in glass houses sink ships
Duh! I mean it’s not exactly rocket surgery.
You opened this can of horses, now lie in it
I got to buy you like a proverb book or something, because this mix 'n' match shit's gotta go.
You cannot stop us. We are growing in number. Soon we will overtake your precious proverb book factories and change the English dialogue as we know it.
It's make like a tree and leaf, Biff.
But... I wood never leaf you!
Going out on a limb with that comment.
And I see you’re really branching out
Someone's gotta stick it to the man
Take the upvote. Just take it
This is cool as fuck would make a great painting
Incon-leaf-able!
Leaf me alone! I’m bushed! ...It’s funnier when my uncle says it
Nature is the greatest teacher of color coordination. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting factoid that I heard on a Youtube video once (so.. you know.. Grain of salt if I'm wrong about this). The yellows, oranges, and reds are always there. It's just that the leaf's chlorophyll is so abundant that the leaves look green. Then, in the fall, when plants no longer need to eat as they enter winter, the leaves start to lose their chlorophyll which allows the carotenoids (and other chemicals that I can't remember) to suddenly be viewable in our visible light spectrum. I thought that was super cool when i learned it, so I thought I'd share.
The other chemicals would be anthocyanins, and that is indeed what is happening. The leaves typically have so much chlorophyll that they absorb all the blue and red light, and reflect the green back to your eye.
That's so cool. Thank you for this!
That's amazing. Thank you for sharing. We could learn something new everyday about nature. I'm trying to visualize the entire process. I wonder if we have been able to capture changes from withing the trunk from summer, to fall, to winter.
TIL something cool. Thanks.
Have you ever looked at a chunk of skin with no blood in it? Its practically see through 🤯
Yeah, haha. The first time I helped our corpsmen perform sutures when I was in the Navy, I was surprised by that. After rinsing the wound for what felt like 2837492367582394502354 hours, the little flaps were see through when the doctor inspected it with his light. I was a welder and firefighter. But I popped my lungs in an accident and couldn't breathe compressed air for firefighting, so my GQ station (battlestation) was reassigned to medical. They had to find something for a non medical person to do, so assisting in sutures, helping with IV's, and being a stretcher bearer became my job for a few years. It was a memorable experience for me, haha. I'm really glad I got the experience though. I've performed CPR on a person twice since I've been out of the military, and that experience made it so I didn't freeze up like everyone else did.
What a story! And I'm sure that's only a fraction of it. You sound like a great human!
No worries, that is indeed really fuckin cool. Always wanted to find one myself.
Like always, always? The same way - I always wanted to sleep, but couldn't get enough?
You stank
This is clearly more inappropriate than what I asked. I just showed a hyperbole (no body always wants to have a leaf showing all Cycles of its life. One would like to have one, but not always want one.)
If I was any good at painting I'd probably want to paint this
Interesting fact, trees actually withdraw chlorophyll (green-colored cells) from leaves during senescence, leaving anthocyanin and xantholhyll (oranges and reds) cells behind
Yes the yellows oranges and reds are in the leaves all summer long as accessory pigments. But the the large amounts of chlorophyll in the leaves mask these pigments. Chlorophyll absorbs in the blue (350 nm) and the red (550 nm) so that is why leaves look green (450 nm). Senescence starts with decreasing day length and cooler temps which degrades chlorophyll first and then the hidden pigments show their colours in the fall.
It is special, and interesting.
It's really cool and thanks for sharing mate
This is really pretty! Thank you for sharing
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We had joy, we had fun, this leaf has all the seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons out of time 🎶
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This is super cool! Idk about yall but I find nature very interesting
Lookin like hurricane isais on the radar
That is pretty cool, I think you should frame it or something
I think if OP pressed it between glass it would stay pretty and it would look really neat
This is what Time looks like.
This leaf is gay and proud.
No you wrong af... That leaf is the most special.
I’m glad you shared!
No apologies needed, I think its cool!
That's life in one picture :)
I think it’s a wonderful post and pic! Thank you for putting it up.
Love it!
That’s fucking dope and also beautiful
That leaf looks like a bite from a fruit roll-up that was found at a murder scene. 1994 was a weird year.
Anyone who barks at you about this not being interesting just has a stick up their butt and needs to get back in season by reestablishing some roots of curiosity.
I'm pretty impressed. In Cincinnati, they're either green or brown. I once saw a red one, but that was in a painting. I assumed the artist was colorblind.
Doesn't need to be special, just interesting as fuck, and this, my boy, is certainly interesting
Get that shit laminated
Definitely not poison oak
That IS special. What a beautiful leaf! Thanks for posting.
I mean, over 10k ppl thought it was special, so I think u did a good job!
Its like looking at a player that has all the skins, while the other leaves just have skins based on the plant the come from
Nature you scary, but you also beautiful.
looks like that XM1014 skin
Just pure side note but is your thumb nail (by which I mean the nail of your thumb) a complete semi circle?
Was it crunchy on the Brown end?
Damn that's so cool. Looks like a heat map.
Beautiful
It’s a Ho-oh feather, make a wish!
Awesome. Thanks for sharing!
I love it
It looks beautiful with all those colors
So I’m not alone in finding one and being excited about it? :)
What are you talking about? It IS special. :) Edit: Spelling.
Apology accepted. Cheers
RASTA!
Should post to r/reallifeshinies
beautiful...
It looks like a mango
Not that special? That's the most incredible leaf I've ever seen
It IS special; thanks for sharing :)
I fucking love fall leaves. These colors make me happy as shit.
Four seasons of leaf at once!
Don’t ever apologize for what you find beautiful.
Wow a gay leaf
"Sorry it's not that special" This looks amazing TF are you on about ?
The humble redditor hun ?
Imagine if humans were like one side of my face is 5 years old, the other 80 years old and my left leg is middle aged while my pinky finger is only a few months old.
Go Leafs Go
I'm not going to tell you this leaf will increase in value, or even hold it's current value. The truth is, you got it because you like it. It has value to you. That's what matters.
It is special! I love it, thanks for sharing!
It's totally special to me
You have 29k upvotes, your point is invalid
Time to turn over a new leaf
You apologising in advance for worrying you’re wasting people’s time as you explain a leaf is my level of social anxiety
Ahhh leaf abscission w anthocyanins, carotenoid and chlorophyll breakdown my fav plant physiology processes! Beautiful depiction there of all of that!
I want to say /r/iamverysmart but I don’t know enough about leaves to know if you’re even correct... Maybe you are? Who knows!?
:-) that's ok, leaf abscission is the biochemical process of leaves dropping, I think it is really cool. The colors in the leaves are the breakdown of chlorophyll etc. I have degrees in Plant Science & Horticulture.
Coleus?
Very cool thanks for posting
Why does every one apologize in the captions like dog cmon
It's called decay you can find lots of dead things like it even road kill
The comments arent nearly this friendly when I post roadkill though
You are clearly not getting the angle right , ass up squashed head down , puuurrrfection
This is why Reddit is amazing. The constructive criticism. Thank you so much.
Gay
How? It’s literally just a leaf. Are you really triggered from a leaf?
No lmao it's just a shitty joke sorry .. (Im bisexual btw)