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1. Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 07:54:29 JST Wonder of Science

   This is what fine table salt looks like magnified 150 times with an electron microscope.

   Credit: Todd Simpson/UWO Nanofab

   • Mustardon 🇺🇸 (bitsnpieces@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 08:13:02 JST Mustardon 🇺🇸

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     @wonderofscience
     OMG, they're tiny Hellraiser puzzle boxes.
     Salt IS bad for you.

   • Fuzz Butt (fzzbt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 08:30:26 JST Fuzz Butt

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     @wonderofscience I am Locutus of Borg.

   • Debbie (debbie_lindsay@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 10:48:39 JST Debbie

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     @wonderofscience roll for high blood pressure

   • rexi (rexi@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 11:01:45 JST rexi

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     @wonderofscience

     pre-columbian legos

   • suffice3288 (suffice3288@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 11:07:14 JST suffice3288

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     @wonderofscience Minecraft lodestones

   • nidi (nidi12@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 12:15:18 JST nidi

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     @wonderofscience i want to hold & crush it so bad between my fingers

   • PeterKudzu (peterkudzu@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 12:31:12 JST PeterKudzu

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     @wonderofscience looks like crooked Vegas dice.

   • Ehay2k (ehay2k@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 12:42:25 JST Ehay2k

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     @wonderofscience

     Sea salt seems so much more organic:

     https://images.app.goo.gl/Fcc2y1EPNHpzg17d8

   • Jacob Laguerre (jacoblaguerre@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 13:15:50 JST Jacob Laguerre

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     @wonderofscience Woah, that looks trippy.

   • jakofields (jakofields@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 14:50:42 JST jakofields

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     @wonderofscience pic of the day!

   • West Lawns (westlawns@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 16:11:17 JST West Lawns

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     @wonderofscience no dice

   • Dr Dan Cutting (dancutting@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 16:16:43 JST Dr Dan Cutting

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     @wonderofscience huh, it’s a Menger sponge! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger_sponge

   • Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 21:54:24 JST Wonder of Science

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     • Carl

     @nitpicking Sourced from the ZEISS Microscopy account on Flickr. I just checked the specs of a few SEM systems online, and 150x is well within their magnification ranges, albeit at the low end. The ZEISS Sigma is 10x - 10,000,000x, and the Hitachi SU8700 is 20x - 2,000,000x.
     https://www.flickr.com/photos/zeissmicro/12791798223/

   • Carl (nitpicking@mstdn.party)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 21:54:25 JST Carl

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     @wonderofscience 150x is well within the range of optical microscopy, and far too low for a scanning electron micrograph. What's the source that says this is EM?

     Wonder of Science repeated this.
   • Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 08:55:50 JST Wonder of Science

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     • Carl

     @nitpicking If you have questions about these images or about SEM and how its output is processed, I suggest contacting Dr. Todd Simpson at UWO Nanofab, who captured the image. Email: tsimpson@uwo.ca. https://www.uwo.ca/fab/FAQ/People.html

   • Carl (nitpicking@mstdn.party)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 08:55:51 JST Carl

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     @wonderofscience It's certainly possible, but it would be a waste. Also, there are shadows in that image that aren't pitch black ... False color?

   • Einar W. Høst (einarwh@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 19:31:56 JST Einar W. Høst

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     @wonderofscience Oh I just realized how the pyramids were built. Everyone just shrank.