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10-20-2010, 11:20 PM
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Oct 21, 2010: It's a Small World
Nikon runs a yearly photo contest in microscopy.
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Can you guess what it is?  This was one that caught my eye, #10 by Yanping Wang, Beijing Planetarium. What do you think this is?  Highlight below for the answers... #1, Anopheles gambiae (mosquito) heart (100X), #10, Crystallized soy sauce (16X) link via
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10-20-2010, 11:22 PM
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my guess without looking: top --looks like a textile or fiber; bottom--salt
eta: lol! way off on first one; off on second one, but not too far off!
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10-21-2010, 04:01 AM
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Cloud; I guessed wool... Way off too.
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10-21-2010, 05:43 AM
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really cool!
I was way off on both - very interesting.
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10-21-2010, 06:20 AM
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10-21-2010, 07:24 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Ummmm, soy sauce soft like pillow.
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10-21-2010, 08:23 AM
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I thought they were both props from the new Tron movie. Wrong and wrong.
Spend some time clicking through the other entries to the contest. They're impressive. |
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10-21-2010, 08:37 AM
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Mmmmmmmmmmm...Mosquito hearts and soy sauce...Yuuuummm!
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10-21-2010, 08:38 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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10-24-2010, 05:13 AM
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The first one looks like Edvard Munch painted a bridge at night.
The second made me think of a table cloth. What?
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10-24-2010, 05:36 AM
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These. Two. Things. Are. Not. Of. This. Earth. (The first one just plain scares me.)
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10-24-2010, 01:50 PM
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10-25-2010, 05:25 AM
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SEA MONKEYS!!!
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10-25-2010, 07:49 AM
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Artemia NYOS.
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10-25-2010, 07:56 AM
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Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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