Jan 30 2010
Looking Closer: Where’s the “J”?
Any idea what substance (above) was digitally photographed with a cheapo microscope? Hints: x60 magnification; the title; and I bought the stuff at a health food store. Answer below the fold.
Archive for the 'Looking Closer' Category
Jan 23 2010
Looking Closer: Squint Harder
Okay, the image quality is pretty bad. But for a toy digital microscope, what can you expect . . .
Can you guess what “it” is? Hints: the title; x60 magnification; and the darker-to-lighter-to-darker coloration.
Answer below the fold.
Jan 02 2010
Looking Closer: A Bitter-Sweet Puzzle
An idea what this is? How about from this view:
Hints: The post title; x60 magnification. Answer and another pic below the fold.
Nov 19 2009
Looking Closer (80) – Real and Symbolic Value
What’s the above worth? Hint: x60 & think outside the box. And by box I mean U.S. border.
Answer below the fold.
Nov 14 2009
Looking Closer (79) – Chew on This
What was beneath the digital microscope lense when I snapped the above image?
Hints: x60; it may be edible, or not. Answer below the fold.
Nov 10 2009
Looking Closer (78) – What Flows There?
Hmm. The above image from a digital microscope suggests the flow of a liquid. But those lines are too clean to have occurred naturally. Right?
What is it?
Hints: Magnification is x60 & if you choose to phone a friend for an answer, you just might encounter it. Answer below the fold.
Nov 05 2009
Looking Closer (77) – One Substance, Endless Forms
What is the above? To the naked eye it appears to be a perfectly, smooth, unblemished thing-a-ma-jig. Under 60x magnification we realize it is far from perfect. But what is it?
Answer below the fold.
Oct 31 2009
Looking Closer (76) – In Metal We Trust
Any idea what the above is?
Hints: The title, x60 magnification.
Answer below the fold.
Oct 27 2009
Looking Closer (75) – The Flip Side
What the heck is the above? Hints: It fit under my “Amazon Special” digital microscope; the magnification is x60; the title means something. Oh, and you won’t find an amphibian sitting here. Answer below the fold.
Oct 22 2009
Looking Closer (74) – A Flower By Another Zoom
Whether or not a rose by another name smells as sweet (sorry Bill Quillmaster, you’re off on this one — most people would find “vomit blossom” less sweet), is a blossom from another perspective as beautiful?
Um. Probably not. While the above x60 digital microscope shot of the tissue to a Mexican petunia blossom is kinda neat, it likely causes a different type of arousal than naked-eyeball-grade beauty. At least to those minds aroused by such things.
And? Who said “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? That person neglected to also mention angle, zoom, and lighting.
