(Scanning Electron Micrographs. As in, pictures taken with a Scanning 
Electron Microscope.)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/LT-SEM_snow_crystal_magnification_series-3.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Mchaster_hair_tatoo.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Fib_tem_sample.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/SEM_SE_vs_BE_Zr_Al.png

Pretty neat, eh?

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Invisible escreveu:
> (Scanning Electron Micrographs. As in, pictures taken with a Scanning 
> Electron Microscope.)
> 
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg
>
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/LT-SEM_snow_crystal_magnification_series-3.jpg

> 
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Mchaster_hair_tatoo.JPG
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Fib_tem_sample.jpg
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/SEM_SE_vs_BE_Zr_Al.png
> 
> Pretty neat, eh?

yes.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg

With all those spikes it's no surprise most people sneeze... :P

The microscopic world is about as fascinating as the biggest universe 
structures and I wonder if in fact they are not the same.  As in, once 
we devise a sufficiently accurate device for seeing further we realize 
our universe is just a grain of dust and inside a grain of dust lies a 
whole universe...

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nemesis wrote:

> The microscopic world is about as fascinating as the biggest universe 
> structures and I wonder if in fact they are not the same.  As in, once 
> we devise a sufficiently accurate device for seeing further we realize 
> our universe is just a grain of dust and inside a grain of dust lies a 
> whole universe...

Man, that is so deep... o_O

But hey, you aren't the first person to point out that the solar system 
looks conspicuously like the internal structure of an atom. ;-)

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Invisible wrote:
> (Scanning Electron Micrographs. As in, pictures taken with a Scanning 
> Electron Microscope.)
> 
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg
>
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/LT-SEM_snow_crystal_magnification_series-3.jpg

> 
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Mchaster_hair_tatoo.JPG
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Fib_tem_sample.jpg
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/SEM_SE_vs_BE_Zr_Al.png
> 
> Pretty neat, eh?

All coated in a thin layer of gold...

-- 
~Mike

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Mike Raiford wrote:

> All coated in a thin layer of gold...

...like this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Golden_insect_01_Pengo.jpg

Actually, apparently you can design a SEM that works without the gold 
coating, but the resolution is lower. (And you still can't do it with 
"wet" samples; they must be dried somehow first.)

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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> But hey, you aren't the first person to point out that the solar system 
> looks conspicuously like the internal structure of an atom. ;-)

  Maybe with the misconcepted view of the structure of an atom 100 years ago.

  An atom is *not* a bunch of spheres forming a core with a bunch of smaller
spheres orbiting around.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> The microscopic world is about as fascinating as the biggest universe 
> structures and I wonder if in fact they are not the same.  As in, once 
> we devise a sufficiently accurate device for seeing further we realize 
> our universe is just a grain of dust and inside a grain of dust lies a 
> whole universe...

  Idyllic, but not very scientifical.

  You cannot "see" an individual atom because the wavelength of visible
light is too large. It's also a misconception (cleared about 100 years
ago) that subatomic particles are spherical (or have any definite shape
for that matter).

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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SEM can even be used to take pictures of your closest friends

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/eyelash/creatures.html



"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
news:49805cb1$1@news.povray.org...
> (Scanning Electron Micrographs. As in, pictures taken with a Scanning 
> Electron Microscope.)
>
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg
>
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/LT-SEM_snow_crystal_magnification_series-3.jpg
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Mchaster_hair_tatoo.JPG
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Fib_tem_sample.jpg
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/00/SEM_SE_vs_BE_Zr_Al.png
>
> Pretty neat, eh?

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Invisible wrote:
> But hey, you aren't the first person to point out that the solar system 
> looks conspicuously like the internal structure of an atom. ;-)

Kind of the other way around, actually.

The first models of atoms were big blobs of pudding with raisins in it.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> But hey, you aren't the first person to point out that the solar system 
> looks conspicuously like the internal structure of an atom. ;-)

No it doesn't.  Planets aren't waveforms that appear to occupy the entire 
volume of space in a certain pattern around the central element and turn 
into particle-like entities under certain conditions; they're *always* 
particle-like entities, with well-defined position and velocity that can 
both be measured.  (Mind, it helps that what we're measuring them with is 
unable to affect either attribute on the levels we use.)

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net

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