The beauty of microscopy is that these things are always there, right in front of us.
We just have to look very deliberately to see them.
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Microscopy: More Copper Sulfate Crystals
I viewed another batch of Copper Sulfate crystals under a light microscope, this time aiming for greater complexity and detail. This one’s a bit overedited, especially with the color, but still fun, Both this and the previous image have been stacked and stitched. First, I took multiple images at different ...
Microscopy: Diseased Sodium Hydroxide
Intricate and Mesmerizing Suppurations of Sodium Hydroxide at the Microscopic level Good evening. I wish ya’ll peace and blessings. Feeling a bit under the weather today, and that goes well with the theme. A few weeks back I had an amazing microscopy run; but every run, every family, every group ...
Microscopy: Fake Saffron
Colorful, vibrant, fake, and sometimes purple Saffron under the microscope I needed dye for a project; when I asked my mother if we had food coloring at home, she handed me a small box and said it was saffron (zafran, in Bangla). Saffron is the most expensive spice in the ...
Microscopy: Flame-Dried Crystals
Exotic, otherworldly Copper Sulfate crystals under the microscope Crystals are amazing. They were the whole reason I took up microscopy in the first place. My very first microscopy specimens were homemade crystals of various compounds, and they were immensely rewarding. Since then, however, I’ve strayed quite a bit from crystal ...
Microscopy: Melted Sugar Looks Like Aliens
Exotic, Otherworldly, and Bizarre Images of Melted Sugar Under the Microscope Yesterday, I was graced by another extraordinary microscopy session with peculiar and baffling results. The goal was to make crystals of various solutions by placing a drop on a slide and boiling it quickly over a spirit flame. This ...
Microscopy: Burnt Honey is Lava
Burnt Honey is Blazingly Marvelous under the Microscope Last week, I had one of the most wonderful and memorable microscopy sessions of my life where nothing went to plan, but everything turned out great in the end. I’ve told one part of that story already. This is part two, and ...