{"id":11972,"date":"2022-04-13T09:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T07:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=114184"},"modified":"2022-04-13T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:09:11","slug":"starling-murmuration-photography-highlights-one-of-natures-great-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/starling-murmuration-photography-highlights-one-of-natures-great-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Starling murmuration photography highlights one of nature\u2019s great mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Cutmore\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Black Sun is a project by acclaimed Danish photographer S\u00f8ren Solk\u00e6r<\/a>, and captures one of nature\u2019s most spectacular wonders.<\/p>\n

Solk\u00e6r is mostly known for his years of photographing the biggest icons within the music, film and art industries. However, over the last few years he has also been working on something very close to his heart.<\/p>\n

Growing up in marshlands of South Denmark, Solk\u00e6r was always inspired by the landscape and the wildlife he saw there. Since 2017, Solk\u00e6r has been working on a new project; documenting the vast murmurations of starlings<\/a> across Europe.<\/p>\n

Starlings tend to migrate to warmer places during the winter, which can cause a growth in the local population. When these numbers swell, the likelihood of a murmuration is increased. There is no definitive answer as to why these murmurations occur, but the results can be spectacular, often featuring well over one million birds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe starlings move as one unified organism that vigorously opposes any outside threat,\u201d Solk\u00e6r says. \u201cA strong visual expression is created \u2013 like that of an ink drawing.\u201d<\/p>\n

We have brought together some amazing images from the Black Sun exhibition, which\u00a0can be seen in a number of galleries\u00a0and museums worldwide.<\/p>\n