Bananas Turn Blue When Ripening

November 3, 2008

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Image copyright Wiley-VCH 2008

Only Under UV light – from a degradation in chlorophyll, according to a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Cool picture; read more at physorg.com.

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2 Responses to Bananas Turn Blue When Ripening

  1. zreen on November 25, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    This post of urs is inspiring ha! :) cheers!

  2. Jarred on November 5, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    It would be even cooler if our eyes could consciously detect it. Good read, Dan, thanks for the link!

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