Household objects very close up

These photos show the items that have already become an integral part of our daily lives. Only now can we look at them in a multiple increase. Using one of the most expensive in the world of microscopes - a scanning electron microscope. Scientists have photographed everyday objects familiar to us, increasing the image a million times. Let's go to a tour of their own home, looking at old things in a new light - and we will discover a new world. These stunning pictures you will see that what had never suspected, although it touched to him many times. Let's discover the secrets of your apartment together.

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1. Photo: floss.





2. Here you will see a collection of items collected in different parts of the home, including personal care products out of the bathroom, the kitchen spices, cosmetics out of the bedroom and equipment of your office. In the photo: brush mascara.



3. In this picture we clearly see the outline of each granule of salt and black pepper.



4. In the photo: torn stamp.



5. From the bathroom: The photograph shows a cotton swab used for cleaning ears.



6. EMS is much more powerful than a conventional light microscope, the best of which can increase overeat just a thousand times. All that can fit in his cell measuring more than a meter, the microscope is able to increase a million times. Its operation is based on the object of bombardment by electrons. The charged particles are reflected from the surface of the object being scanned, a signal is sent to the device, which allows to reconstruct the image with amazing accuracy in every detail: from the pollen grains to the smallest microcracks. Photo: needle and thread.



7. microscopists, such as a retired sixty-year scientific photographer Steve Gshmayssner of Bedfordshire, are capable of increasing their favorite subjects observing a million times. Pictured: a fragment of a computer chip.



8. Try to guess what it is. This moving blade shaver with hair stuck scraps.



9. Gshmayssner says: "For those who deal with microscopy, SEM - a coveted toy for big boys. The cost of this device ranges from 150 000 to 500 000 pounds sterling. And in the world there exists only a couple of people who can afford to buy this gizmo just for fun. Possibility to use the facilities after retirement - is really a dream come true. " In the photo: slice of guitar strings.



10. The hinges and hooks fasteners.



11. The mechanism strike sparks in the lighter.



12. A piece of toilet paper.



13. The graphite rod is a simple pencil.



14. The bristles of the toothbrush.



15. Sugar: crystal refined sugars close to the grain of brown sugar.



16. The head of unused matches.



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