More awesome microscopic close ups

Stumbled across these and knew you guys would like 'em so I've uploaded my favorites. The rest are available here: www.stumbleupon.com...:1hpnIdUYx:aOR1IEaJ/www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2011/february/closer_look.htm/
Dental floss with a lovely bit of plaque..


Salt & Pepper.. looks kinda like marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles..


Used cotton bud/Q tip or whatever you Americans call it


This one is really cool, needle and thread!


I love playing guitar but I've never seen a guitar string up close like this before!


Now for my favorite.. always wanted to know how Velcro works!!


Hope you enjoyed, rest are here: www.stumbleupon.com...:1hpnIdUYx:aOR1IEaJ/www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/curiosities/2011/february/closer_look.htm/

The link doesn't work for me and it calls me a dumb ass. :-(

reply to post by 03Smoker


My bad, fixed the links now.

Remember of course that these are originally BLACK AND WHITE images that some artist has fakingly hand coloured.

The original images are obtained by throwing electrons at the object (in a raster scan) and measuring the amplitude of the electrons coming off and reaching a detector. In many ways, its not actually a real "picture" of the object, more instead a data construst of the electrical properties of it, in a scan.

Here's one I did myself some years back, of a magnesium oxide coating.
Note how boringly black and white it is.


Now of course at this point I could go in and hand colour it to make it pretty, but that makes it less real.

I like them all but I think my favorite is the pencil lead

And also the toilet paper (unused thank goodness) lol

Thanks for the link.

It's like a completely different world.
Maybe in an even smaller view, the string would look like a tree rather than sticks...

reply to post by TechUnique


You are correct: us guys like 'em! Thanks for the post. S&F.

The one labeled "Computer Chip Parts" is actually a hard drive read/write head.