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The New Standard in Macro

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Posted by Hank Pennington on September 16, 2012 at 12:44 PM
Posted by Richard Hartmann on September 16, 2012 at 1:03 PM
Dang… Seeing is believing.
This otta help the Nano techs event cool stuff.
:cool:
Posted by Steve Kennedy on September 17, 2012 at 12:35 AM
Fascinating! Thanks Hank!
Posted by Howard Cheek on September 17, 2012 at 7:23 AM
Very interesting Hank, TFS this link :wavey:
Posted by Preston Birdwell on September 17, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Very cool, indeed! I recall seeing early efforts to visualize atoms. These were Lau X-Ray diffraction images of a salt crystal. This new imagery is far beyond those early efforts.

A :toast: to the team for their pioneering work!

--P
Posted by Hank Pennington on September 17, 2012 at 11:41 AM
I can remember trying to picture what atoms and molecules looked like when I was a kid immersed in chemistry and physics. It was kind of like trying to picture the edge of the universe.... and what lies beyond. That's the connection anyway, and why this makes me wonder what the space telescopes will ultimately yield.

Congrats to the big brains that pulled this off! :toast:
Posted by Catherine Reilly on September 17, 2012 at 2:38 PM
:eek: Thanks for the llink, Hank. Hard to believe except that I'm looking right at the picture!
Posted by Ed Cordes on September 17, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Ain't Physics wonderful! :jump:
Posted by Pete D on September 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM
Atomic Force Microscopy is more like an atom-size Victrola than it is like photography. Not to diminish the acheivement, just sayin....

Pete D.
Posted by Wayne Willison on September 21, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Thanks for the link, Hank. I feel privileged to have seen this.