Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was one of the first microscopists, who made his own lenses and small hand-held microscopes. He used his master skill to create a curved glass magnifying objects up to 500 times.
Look, this 20-some million years dot trapped in the amber:
It's this fucking insect:
With this fucking digital microscope:
Ain't that insane!?
I spent all day today looking at 1kg of amber with millions of years old insects. I honestly could not stop. This is too fascinating. I want to make a video about it and I will! Whenever I have some time.
And this is my own blood (I can do better but I became a pussy while trying to cut my veins and pour some under the microscope - I'll do better next time!):
These are digital #microscope photos of a camel from a 15th-century Persian manuscript in the @subugoe (Cod. MS pers. 14). The purple image was taken with ultraviolet light and the grey picture with infrared. Because infrared goes right through most pigments, it reveals the preliminary sketch of the camel underneath the pigment (which you see in the UV photo). Really interesting for the history of art!
I am really in need of a new bench digital #microscope and on a serious budget. I'm looking for something with a display as I need to be hands-free & ergonomic whilst working. Something with a 7 to 10 inch display or even #sdi out. Using for smd work. Recommendations appreciated or if anyone is selling, hit me up!
#PPOD: This is a photomicrograph of a dendrite star snowflake captured with a Scanning Electron Microscope. Enjoy a beautiful image on this Leap Day! Credit: MEE/Kurt Schenk
PacketIRC: A lightweight IRC terminal server that will let radio-based clients participate on IRC without the usual flood of silliness by @VY1JN https://github.com/juniberry/PacketIRC
I got a cheap USB #microscope to look at car paintwork, small electronics and the ratings label of some power supply units like mobile phone chargers, which are increasingly often way too small to read with bare eyes.
I also happen to have a 365nm UV torch in my kit bag, so I thought I would look at some printouts from the office printer - here you can see the unique machine identifier code added to the printouts (these are very faint yellow dots) #security#privacy#opsec
I put together a #Microscope kit for a friend and have given it to them, so I can now share it here! It's one of my favourite TTRPGs, and I've had some amazing times playing it with them. While it's simple, I feel it really nails being a heartfelt gift.
I used to follow a "Microckscopia" accont on the bird site that publish these images of polarized light shone through thin slices of many different kinds of rocks. Any chance you heard of that account, or know anyone doing that?
Today's rock slices illuminated by polarized light, and picture taken on a microscope, as I remember it, are called "Ooids"
I used to follow a "Microckscopia" accont on the bird site that published/gets credit for these images. Any chance you heard of that account, or know anyone doing that?
I used to follow a "Microckscopia" accont on the bird site that published/gets credit for these images. Any chance you heard of that account, or know anyone doing that?
They had the background to know the type and region of the rocks, and to explain what the images contain
This is a slice of rock illuminated by polarized light, viewed through a microscope. There were other color patters, I think made by varying the light.
I used to follow a "Microckscopia" accont on the bird site that published these images.
My hope is the person who posted these pics/running that account and I are able to connect here on the fedi because they had the background to know the type and region of the rocks, and to explain what the images contain
This is a slice of rock illuminated by polarized light, viewed through a microscope. There were other color patters, I think made by varying the light.
I used to follow a "Microckscopia" accont on the bird site that published these images.
My hope is the person who posted these pics/running that account and I are able to connect here on the fedi because they had the background to know the type and region of the rocks, and to explain what the images contain
@globalmuseum I used to follow a "Microckscopia" accont on the bird site that would publish images of polarized light shone through thin slices of many different kinds of rocks. Any chance you heard of that account, or know anyone doing that?