Barred Owl

Compared to other colors found in nature, true blues are pretty rare—but the indigo milk cap (Lactarius indigo) has just that! This vibrant mushroom gets its color from a pigment that is a derivative of guaiazulene, a dark blue crystalline hydrocarbon. You would think that its blueness is a marker for toxicity, but the mushroom is actually edible—although its color fades to a grayish hue when it’s cooked.

Photo: Andrey Loria, CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist

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Roots of the Earth (1) - Lofoten Islands, 2025

Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too.

-- Tahereh Mafi

one day last winter

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Polar Bear | Canada Wild

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