Several items brought to life at a MILLION times magnification
Images showing the everyday objects taken for granted by householders have been brought to life at a MILLION times magnification. Using the world's most expensive kind of microscope - a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) - scientists have revealed the characteristics in miniature, giving a tour of the home as a tiny new world. Stunningly detailed 3D pictures as you've never seen before reveal the hidden secrets of items found around the home.
Picture: used dental floss
Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / SPL / Barcroft Media
Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / SPL / Barcroft Media
Included in the collection are items you'd find in different rooms, including grooming implements from the bathroom, condiments from the kitchen, makeup from the bedroom and equipment from the study.
Picture: a mascara brush
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
Every tiny contour of salt and ground pepper corns are revealed in this image.
Every tiny contour of salt and ground pepper corns are revealed in this image.
Picture: Thomas Deerinck / SPL / Barcroft Media
Included are images unveiling the little elements of the home office, including a computer hard drive, the core of a graphite pencil and a postage stamp.
Picture: a torn postage stamp
Included are images unveiling the little elements of the home office, including a computer hard drive, the core of a graphite pencil and a postage stamp.
Picture: a torn postage stamp
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
Picture: Steve Gschmeissner / SPL / Barcroft Media
SEMs - far more powerful than regular light microscopes that can only magnify by up to 1000 times - build extreme close-ups of anything that can fit inside the 4ft high device by bombarding it with electrons. The electrons send back messages which help to build up a super-accurate image - revealing every tiny feature of the pollen grains down to the last cranny - in wondrous fashion.
SEMs - far more powerful than regular light microscopes that can only magnify by up to 1000 times - build extreme close-ups of anything that can fit inside the 4ft high device by bombarding it with electrons. The electrons send back messages which help to build up a super-accurate image - revealing every tiny feature of the pollen grains down to the last cranny - in wondrous fashion.
Picture: a needle and thread
Picture: Susumu Nishinaga / SPL / Barcroft Media
Microscopists like retired scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner, 61, from Bedfordshire are able to magnify their favourite specimens by up to a million times.
Microscopists like retired scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner, 61, from Bedfordshire are able to magnify their favourite specimens by up to a million times.
Picture: a computer hard drive
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
A rotary blade on an electric razor with minuscule hairs near the blades
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
Gschmeissner said: "For anyone involved in microscopy the SEM is the ultimate boy's toy. Costing between £150,000 and £500,000, there are only a handful of people around the world who have access to this for fun. To be able to use equipment like this when I am retired is a dream come true."
Picture: the writing point of 'superwound' guitar string
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
A hooks and loops fastener
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
A piece of toilet paper
Picture: Susumu Nishinaga / SPL / Barcroft Media
A graphite pencil core
Picture: Susumu Nishinaga / SPL / Barcroft Media
Sugar crystals: a refined sugar crystal and a raw sugar crystal
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
The tip of an unburnt match
Picture: Susumu Nishinaga / SPL / Barcroft Media
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A rotary blade on an electric razor with minuscule hairs near the blades
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
Gschmeissner said: "For anyone involved in microscopy the SEM is the ultimate boy's toy. Costing between £150,000 and £500,000, there are only a handful of people around the world who have access to this for fun. To be able to use equipment like this when I am retired is a dream come true."
Picture: the writing point of 'superwound' guitar string
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
A hooks and loops fastener
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
A piece of toilet paper
Picture: Susumu Nishinaga / SPL / Barcroft Media
A graphite pencil core
Picture: Susumu Nishinaga / SPL / Barcroft Media
Sugar crystals: a refined sugar crystal and a raw sugar crystal
Picture: Power And Syred/SPL/Barcroft Media
The tip of an unburnt match
Picture: Susumu Nishinaga / SPL / Barcroft Media
Source : Everyday-objects-in-close-up-items-brought-to-life-at-a-MILLION-times-magnification
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