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By Kat Hannaford May 24, 2011 12:40 PM

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A Chandelier With Hundreds of Mini Perched Solar Cell Butterflies

A Chandelier With Hundreds of Mini Perched Solar Cell Butterflies Not only is Jeroen Verhoeven's Virtue of Blue lamp functional, it's also incredibly gorgeous—500 tiny butterflies were cut from photovoltaic cells, soaking up the sunshine to light up the lamp. I only hope it's not a lamp/bug-zapper. [Mocoloco]

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