Thursday, 14 November 2013

Up close

real close. All of the following images were obtained using an electron microscope.

Beard hair. On the left is a hair cut with a straight blade, and on the right with an electric shaver


 Snow


Here's one for your nightmares: the hydrothermal worm. It is microscopic in size, but with the help of an electron microscope its true horror is revealed! 

A record needle or stylus

A closeup of one groove on a vinyl record

A walnut leaf

Moth

Snowflake

Just google electron microscope for more. There's actually a new-fangled microscope called the 'quantum microscope' that has visualized the helium atom:















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