I should call her.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Zacryon@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
_stranger_@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
how do we know this isn’t just a closeup of a tardigrade butthole?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
They’re well studied.
Regna@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TIL
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That was a huge log
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I clicked because of that hole but came here because of the tardigrade upskirt pics.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Shit this made me actually laugh out loud in person lol 😂
vivalapivo@lemmy.today 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Also seems wildly overkill to use an electron microscope for this.
vivalapivo@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
That’s an elephant in the room here
flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Yeah, and it’s impossible to catch color!
alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
In rationalist hell there is a special teapot for people who color SEM images
Phineaz@feddit.org 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Not if you moisturize
^/s,^ ^of^ ^course,^ ^though^ ^I’m^ ^sure^ ^you^ ^could^ ^put^ ^this^ ^photo^ ^on^ ^Instagram^ ^and^ ^be^ ^like^ ^“this^ ^is^ ^your^ ^skin^ ^without^ ^my^ ^brand^ ^of^ ^healing^ ^lotion^ ^made^ ^of^ ^baby^ ^foreskin”^ ^and^ ^make^ ^plenty^ ^of^ ^sales^
Phineaz@feddit.org 3 weeks 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
angrystego@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It would only be smooth if it was shark skin.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Mmm, skin flakes.
sploosh@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Pik pik pik
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I knit, tiny? makes me want to use a bandaid after I inject black yat heroim these days
Thordros@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
This is my hole. It was made for me.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
DRR… DRR… DRR…
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks 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?
Pulptastic@midwest.social 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
That’s very cool. I had not heard of ESEMs till you commented. I’ll have to look into them more.
ikidd@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
Duckingold@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Probably just a chunk of skin, not a whole person
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
That old familiar sting.
kuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
NEEDLUSSY
lena@gregtech.eu 3 weeks ago
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
far_university1990@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
The pores on my face as seen by the naked eye.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Everything reminds me of her
socsa@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I should also call your mom.
Allero@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Just about everything can seem big when you have an electron microscope
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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.
fox@hexbear.net 3 weeks ago
It’s from a series Anne Weston at the Francis Crick Institute did. Scanning electron microscopy. The full series is pretty cool.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It also happens to be just big enough for Trump his penis.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Uh-huh.uh-huh. Yip yip yip yip yip
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Any hole’s a goal
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
…hmmmmmm…
RavenFellBlade@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
Looks like the hole they dragged the Brain Bug out of.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Also why you don’t re-use needles:
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LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
That’s not the main reason why we don’t reuse needles.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
One of the many
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
For even into the same patient…
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can we see the skin after that sixth use?
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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