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Topknot

            Blue Erigeron or Fleabane growing a topknot with petals growing directly from the centre of the flower. Actually, quite a few of them did that this year.

There is an interesting aside on this in that every part of a plant, petals, stamen, stem, leaf and root has identical genetic coding, yet each grows into something entirely different.  The question is then, what informs it?

Rupert Sheldrake (Cambridge University) has done some interesting work on this in what he calls 'morphogenetic fields' where the information of Life lies in another plane of existence. Of course he has been marginalised for many years for his work as it does not conform with 'established' views and, despite his methods being extremely scientific he is still viewed as 'fringe'. There are some that would say - me included - that what he calls a morphogenetic field, could also be called spirit / consciousness..

Taken on: June 18, 2023

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM5, f/6.3, 1/100 sec, 50mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM5
Lens:	Sony FE 50mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Luminar Neo Extension
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