The record in the first photo is one such case.
Vinyl disc under microscope.
21 everyday items put under the microscope reveal their hidden complexity.
An electron microscope has been used to produce images of vinyl lps as well as cds dvds and blu ray discs at the micrometre level.
What cds dvds blu rays look like under a microscope.
This first vinyl record image was captured at 100x magnification using reflected light through the objective lens.
Microscope world recently took an old vinyl record and put it under a metallurgical microscope to see what the grooves looked like at high magnification.
Home wow 21 everyday items put under the microscope reveal their hidden complexity.
But still i think you ll agree that the results are stunning.
Optical microscope using dvd focusing lens l 1 and 2d translation stage s.
Your vinyl record s grooves magnified 1 000x under an electron microscope.
A image of a usaf 1951 resolution test pattern.
Here s a link to the applied science video that i used as inspiration for.
Now you can see how the needle slides over the record at 1 400 speed.
C is a camera without objective lens and t is the test sample.
Photo via zeiss microscopy.
The footage of the needle running through the grooves was made by saving microscope images in an oscilloscope one at a time and then using photoshop to make a gif.
Today we look at a cd rom under a variety of magnifications up to an empty 2000x.
Photo via zeiss microscopy.
A 6 3 megapixel microscope digital camera was used to capture the images.
I ll won t comment too much because these pictures really do speak for themselves.
It s crazy what every day objects look like when you look at them through a microscope.
But have i simply gone too far to prove a point.
All images courtesy of reddit.
His latest project saw him buy a vinyl record to put under electron microscope.