The elegant physique of the Asian Pseudozizeeria maha (Pale Grass Blue) butterfly, observed by a scanning electron microscope in the first instalment of Microworld Unseen – a new series by the Beauty Of Science educational YouTube channel.
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An eyecandiful compilaion of the winners of the Nikon Small World In Motion Photomicrography competition by The Atlantic.
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A microscopic time-lapse of snowflakes forming by Vyacheslav Ivanov.
i09’s Robert Gonzalez explains:
The ice crystal(s) in snowflakes owe their six-fold rotational symmetry to the hydrogen bonds in water molecules. As water freezes, water molecules bound to other water molecules crystallize into a hexagonal structure, where each point on the hexagon is an oxygen atom and each side of the hexagon is a hydrogen bonded to an oxygen. As freezing continues, more water molecules are added to this microscopic six-sided structure, causing it to grow in size into the six-sided macroscopic structure that we recognize as snowflakes.
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Music: Avril 14th by Aphex Twin