The butterfly effect is a scientific concept coined 50 years ago today, and it has become a literary and metaphorical term to describe the idea that the smallest change may have massive, worldwide implications. It is often associated with chaos theory. American mathematician and meteorologist Edward Norton Lorenz theorized that the flapping of a butterfly"s wings, like those of the silver-studded blue butterflies you see in today"s image, could weeks later influence the formation of a tornado.
Silver-studded blue butterflies
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A giant relic in Java
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Labor Day
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Giving Tuesday
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Feast of the Donkey
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National Merry-Go-Round Day
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In the Supertree Grove
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World Octopus Day
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Poinsettia Day
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Gamboa Crater, Mars
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Here there be dragons
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Kissing Day
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Diving into the underwater nirvana
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Birds of a feather
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Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
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Gone ‘lightseeing’ in Berlin
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A field of English lavender
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Martin Luther King Day
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Up, up, and away for Hot Air Balloon Day
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Snow aglow in central Japan
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