I should call her.
Submitted 1 day ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Zacryon@feddit.org 1 day ago
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
how do we know this isn’t just a closeup of a tardigrade butthole?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 day ago
They’re well studied.
Regna@lemmy.world 1 day ago
TIL
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That was a huge log
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I clicked because of that hole but came here because of the tardigrade upskirt pics.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Shit this made me actually laugh out loud in person lol 😂
kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Noodle07@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
NEEDLUSSY
vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Hard to believe. To prepare a sample for an electron microscope you need to freeze it to nitrogen temperatures or below. You can fix it using glutaraldehyde, but again, you need to cut it accurately immediately after the penetration. My bet is that either stabbed dead skin or some sort of graphics.
MBech@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Also seems wildly overkill to use an electron microscope for this.
vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
That’s an elephant in the room here
flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Yes! When I did electron microscopy, we had to cover the fix the samples and cover them with a very thin gold layer beforehand.
vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Yeah, and it’s impossible to catch color!
Thordros@hexbear.net 1 day ago
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 1 day ago
This is my hole. It was made for me.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
DRR… DRR… DRR…
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
In rationalist hell there is a special teapot for people who color SEM images
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Phineaz@feddit.org 1 day ago
Thanks, I hate it. Not because of the hole, but because of how unhealthy the skin looks in this picture.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 day ago
Were you expecting it to be smooth like plastic? The top layer is basically a bunch of dead skin cells that keep flaking away from the top layer and building up again from the lower layers.
kautau@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not if you moisturize
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angrystego@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It would only be smooth if it was shark skin.
Phineaz@feddit.org 1 day ago
I am aware, but it still looks very unsettling. The fake colour actually makes it worse I think, because I have seen plenty similar pictures in gray scale
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
I knit, tiny? makes me want to use a bandaid after I inject black yat heroim these days
sploosh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Scanning electron microscopes image in a vacuum. Nothing looks 100% like it does at sea level when you suck all the air out.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Pik pik pik
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
That old familiar sting.
hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 hours ago
The pores on my face as seen by the naked eye.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Everything reminds me of her
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Most SEMs use a vacuum chamber to get their photos. Also, it’s also not uncommon to sputter a conductive coating onto the surface you’re scanning.
How the hell did they get this photo?
ikidd@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Put a needle in someone, freeze them solid with liquid nitrogen, then take a picture. Throw body out with rest of specimens.
Easy peasy.
Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 day ago
Environmental SEMs do not require vacuum and can be used for nonconductive samples. The beam ionizes the air which prevents the sample from charging. Magnification is limited but it is more than enough for this.
You can tell it is SEM and not optical by the depth of field. An optical image at this magnification would have much less DoF so the peaks/valleys would be blurry.
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
That’s very cool. I had not heard of ESEMs till you commented. I’ll have to look into them more.
Duckingold@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It likely wasn’t done on an electron microscope, or at least there is no reason to. There is no scale bar, but quick look online tells me a very fine needle is about 0.016in. 500x magnification optical lens would give you more than enough resolution for a photo like that.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
I’m more intrigued by the fact there’s no blood, they must’ve taken this milliseconds after the needle was removed? Or it’s a dead body.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
They could have remained a portion of the skin. But as another commenter notes, this is too large to need an electron microscope.
Zetta@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Probably just a chunk of skin, not a whole person
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Wonder what it looks like after I scratch it for 50 minutes straight because my pain receptors are bad and I won’t stop till I see blood.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
It also happens to be just big enough for Trump his penis.
RavenFellBlade@startrek.website 7 hours ago
Looks like the hole they dragged the Brain Bug out of.
lena@gregtech.eu 1 day ago
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far_university1990@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Allero@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Just about everything can seem big when you have an electron microscope
socsa@piefed.social 1 day ago
I should also call your mom.
Taleya@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Uh-huh.uh-huh. Yip yip yip yip yip
fox@hexbear.net 1 day ago
It’s from a series Anne Weston at the Francis Crick Institute did. Scanning electron microscopy. The full series is pretty cool.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Any hole’s a goal
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
…hmmmmmm…
jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Also why you don’t re-use needles:
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LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 day ago
That’s not the main reason why we don’t reuse needles.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 1 day ago
One of the many
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
For even into the same patient…
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can we see the skin after that sixth use?
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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