Besides these great electron micrographs, there are links on that page to some other interesting galleries, such as these X-Rays of Flowers ...
Those are great. They remind me of a very good friend of mine's work, Nina Farrell. Not x-rays, she uses some colour film method. I keep meaning to go round so she can show me what she does exactly. She did the cover to a recent edition of Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon' which i think is very cool.
Fascinating. They all look so smooth, like stuffed animals made of microsuede for tiny tots. Have they been photshopped? Denoised? Or is all silent at that level of magnification?
I think specimens are prepped for electron microsopy by exposing them to a vapor of metal, which deposits a layer a few atoms thick on the outside which reflects the electrons. I think these have been colorized in Photoshop (or similar); I'm not aware of actual color photos being taken by this method, though it's not an area I've kept up with that much either ... :-(
Besides these great electron micrographs, there are links on that page to some other interesting galleries
They've also got a small gallery of wonderful Lennart Nilsson images of the foetus developing in the womb. I used to have a couple of books by Nilsson. Amazing images.
They've also got a small gallery of wonderful Lennart Nilsson images of the foetus developing in the womb. I used to have a couple of books by Nilsson. Amazing images.
Fortunately that technique does not require exposing the specimen to a metal vapor! :-)
