As it is the start of a brand new month it is once again time to check in with our friend Ginger Chicken who is now two months old and starting look more like a real, albiet very small and fluffy, chicken. (the small will go away with time but the fluffy will always remain)
She has adjusted to life in the coop and has even learned how to climb up the chicken ramp and put herself to bed. She has also learned how to escape the chicken yard - this is less positive, but somewhat entertaining.
Today I learned that veins look blue under your skin because of light absorption not oxygenation or any other stuff people might tell you. Any color you see of any object is actually that wavelength of light reflected back and all other colors being absorbed.
Red light is able to penetrate your skin much further than blue light does. Any blood or blood vessel that is half a millimeter or closer to the surface of your skin will appear red. Any blood vessel that is further in will appear blue because the blue light can not penetrate that far so it bounces right back at your eye making it look blue. Technically you are seeing red also it is just now mixed with the blue that your skin is reflecting. It's like a magic trick!
You can read more about it here.
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