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Stunning image of a single strontium atom wins British photography prize
National Post ^
| February 14, 2018
| Joseph Brean
Posted on 02/17/2018 5:06:52 AM PST by Leaning Right
One of the strangest things about the gorgeous photo of an atom that has just won a British science photography prize is that you cannot take a photo of an atom. It is just impossible.
And yet, there it is, a strontium atom, like a little round dot, shining clear as day. The image is called Single Atom in an Ion Trap.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Science
KEYWORDS: atom
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To: Hammerhead
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02/17/2018 5:56:46 AM PST
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: exDemMom
Sounds like a type of fluorescence. I’m interested in the electron trap...
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posted on
02/17/2018 6:02:24 AM PST
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: exDemMom
“The article from the source states that the electrode tips are 2 cm apart.”
2 cm is ~ 3/4 of an inch so the dot is millions of times larger than a single atom. IMO seeing the glow from a single atom is not the same as seeing the atom itself. Besides, how do we know the dot is from one atom and not a cluster of many?
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posted on
02/17/2018 6:07:57 AM PST
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
To: Brooklyn Attitude
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posted on
02/17/2018 6:11:05 AM PST
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: broken_arrow1
> Photoshop <
Oh, come on now. Next you'll tell me this photo of donutium is fake.
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posted on
02/17/2018 6:26:05 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right
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posted on
02/17/2018 6:40:25 AM PST
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
To: Hammerhead
Ok Smarter Than All the Rest of Us Guy. Okay, but I'm not a guy. ;)
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posted on
02/17/2018 7:02:01 AM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: NativeSon
Yes, it is basically fluorescence.
I don’t know how the electron trap would work.
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posted on
02/17/2018 7:03:39 AM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Leaning Right
Ive taught physics at the college level, and I enjoyed your summation. Well, thank you so much!
I'm a biochemist, so my knowledge of physics can pretty much be described as "Run to Red!" (So I remember which electrode to plug in on which end of the electrophoresis box when I am separating biological molecules.) Also, I do need some understanding of fluorescence and luminescence since both phenomena are used to detect biochemical reactions.
I'll never forget the time I had the night shift and the guy who was on night shift with me, upon finding out I am a scientist, asked me to explain the theory of relativity to him. Because all scientists have exactly the same knowledge set, right?
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02/17/2018 7:12:53 AM PST
by
exDemMom
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To: exDemMom
Ok ‘Little Miss Smarter Than the Rest of Us Pants’.
To: exDemMom
> I’ll never forget the time I had the night shift and the guy who was on night shift with me, upon finding out I am a scientist, asked me to explain the theory of relativity to him. Because all scientists have exactly the same knowledge set, right? <
Interesting that you should mention that. I’ve taught Relativity. And my friends ask me to tutor their kids in Biology (of which I know next to nothing).
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posted on
02/17/2018 7:21:06 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right
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posted on
02/17/2018 7:24:23 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: I want the USA back
An individual atom is much too small to be resolved by the human eye, or any camera, since it is smaller than the wavelength of the light used to photograph it. We don't see the stars either, except by their light.
A star a million miles wide, at a distance of a 10 light years, would seem about as wide as a basketball 10,000 miles away.
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posted on
02/17/2018 7:25:30 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: Hammerhead
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posted on
02/17/2018 7:28:07 AM PST
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Leaning Right
Interesting. Looks very similar to one of the prescription meds I take.
To: Leaning Right
Doesn’t look like strontium to me...I thought strontium was a littler shorter and had darker hair...
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posted on
02/17/2018 11:20:10 AM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
To: Brooklyn Attitude
It’s 2 millimeters, not centimeters.
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02/17/2018 12:15:18 PM PST
by
sparklite2
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To: Leaning Right
I know many science jokes, but thats a new one for me. Neva mix da pasta wid da antipasta, eh? (BOOM!)
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02/17/2018 12:26:28 PM PST
by
Moltke
(Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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