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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 39 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

NGL that gif is fucking amazing, violin or not. Where do you find such wondrous things?

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The GIF was created by James Tyrwhitt-Drake back in 2012, when he captured the images at the University of Victoria’s Advanced Microscopy Facility and posted the final product to his Tumblog, Infinity Imagined.

https://petapixel.com/2014/05/29/gif-made-electron-microscope-zooms-life-life-life/

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Oh ok. You just randomly found that specific one? As a petapixel browser, would you happen to know where to find more of the same? I think I need a serious electron microscope zoom in fix after this.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They're not gifs, but here's a bunch of interesting SEM images from one of the manufacturers of these microscopes.

https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/materials-science/scanning-electron-microscopy-materials-science/sem-image-gallery.html

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

NOT GOOD ENOUGH! I command you to search for gifs!

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Searched only for "electron microscope zoom", it was like the 10th result. It seems like there isn't a lot of gif like this, as you have to create a lot of images one by one.

[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 points 54 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 46 minutes ago

I command you to write the script for me!

[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

Mostly not because of the violin. Just to be clear.