Happy 300th Birthday Linnaeus

Today marks the 300th anniversary of Carl Linnaeus aka Linné's birth.



These two images are identical--open them up in two browser windows and switch between them to see the difference between near-IR and visible light.

A link to another infrared image of the Linné statue

Linne statue in the near infrared

I took this photo over the summer. The Linne statue is on the Midway on the University of Chicago campus and to the eye is covered in a light greenish patina but goes quite dark in the near infrared.

P.S. One thing I forgot to mention is that I changed the hue so that the vegetation is green and the sky is blue. Another one like that is here. Also I corrected the incorrect link to the big Linne image.