What I get to do at work

nikimcbee · 07-28-08, 11:48 PM

Okay, so it's been really slow at work, so some co-workers and me put our SEM to use other than work purposes. Isn't bordom great!

If our other tool was working, I could have written my name on the ant's head

Say cheese:
The ant's look alittle weird because the have a heavy platnum coating, several Angstroms.

Ant eye, note the hair on the eye!

My pix, my ant's head broke off, so this is looking inside the ant's thorax. Ant's heart?

Ant teeth

ant hair

Spider

Spider eyes

Spider leg

spider hair:

hair folicle

nikimcbee · 07-28-08, 11:59 PM

Yellow jacket head

eye

eye cell

Abdomen

abdomen hair

abdomen hair close up

the stinger

baggygreen · 07-29-08, 12:06 AM

I wish to god you hadnt put up the spidey photos.....

otherwise, thats awesome!

kranz · 07-29-08, 12:08 AM

they gonna use those photos to make Alien 5

nikimcbee · 07-29-08, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baggygreen

I wish to god you hadnt put up the spidey photos.....

otherwise, thats awesome!

Ha, funny you should mention that.

I got attacked by a very small jumping spider, which promptly found it's way in some pure IPA

. When I put it under the stereoscope, it wasn't dead yet, and the damn thing moved! It scared the crap outta me.

Enigma · 07-29-08, 02:08 AM

Incredible pics. Thanks much for posting them.....

Raptor1 · 07-29-08, 02:46 AM

How much can these magnify? I see 8,000x on the Eye cell picture but can it do more?

McBeck · 07-29-08, 03:53 AM

EEWWWW,,,,im skipping my lunch now

Dowly · 07-29-08, 04:11 AM

Wow, cool shots there Niki!

And pretty OT to close my post:

Just think if this fungus would someday evolve to be a threat to humans too:
http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com...by-a-parasite/

Just saw a documentary where it was mentioned (the same one from where the first youtube clip is taken on that site) and foooock.

Nature is a sick sick sick place, I stay inside from now on.

Raptor1 · 07-29-08, 04:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Wow, cool shots there Niki!

And pretty OT to close my post:

Just think if this fungus would someday evolve to be a threat to humans too:
http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com...by-a-parasite/

Just saw a documentary where it was mentioned (the same one from where the first youtube clip is taken on that site) and foooock.

Nature is a sick sick sick place, I stay inside from now on.

It's The Flood!

Dowly · 07-29-08, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Wow, cool shots there Niki!

And pretty OT to close my post:

Just think if this fungus would someday evolve to be a threat to humans too:
http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com...by-a-parasite/

Just saw a documentary where it was mentioned (the same one from where the first youtube clip is taken on that site) and foooock.

Nature is a sick sick sick place, I stay inside from now on.

It's The Flood!

Ah... got me worried for a few secs there.. easy to get rid of then!

:rotfl:

Platapus · 07-29-08, 04:57 AM

photography this close up is way cool.

Tchocky · 07-29-08, 05:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Ha, funny you should mention that.

I got attacked by a very small jumping spider, which promptly found it's way in some pure IPA

. When I put it under the stereoscope, it wasn't dead yet, and the damn thing moved! It scared the crap outta me.

Do not mix alcohol with powerful microscopes...

or else...

STEED · 07-29-08, 06:02 AM

So while the rest of us explore outer space your into inner space.

UnderseaLcpl · 07-29-08, 08:03 AM

I'm putting that spider pic on my girlfriends desktop. I can't wait till she wakes it up from "hibernate mode"

07-28-08, 11:48 PM	#1
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	What I get to do at work Okay, so it's been really slow at work, so some co-workers and me put our SEM to use other than work purposes. Isn't bordom great! If our other tool was working, I could have written my name on the ant's head Say cheese: The ant's look alittle weird because the have a heavy platnum coating, several Angstroms. Ant eye, note the hair on the eye! My pix, my ant's head broke off, so this is looking inside the ant's thorax. Ant's heart? Ant teeth ant hair Spider Spider eyes Spider leg spider hair: hair folicle __________________

07-28-08, 11:59 PM	#2
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yellow Jacket Yellow jacket head eye eye cell Abdomen abdomen hair abdomen hair close up the stinger __________________

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Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Incredible pics. Thanks much for posting them..... __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

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Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	How much can these magnify? I see 8,000x on the Eye cell picture but can it do more? __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

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McBeck Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,027 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	EEWWWW,,,,im skipping my lunch now __________________ "I like subcommanders...they dont have time for bull**!" Proud member of the Subsim army of zombies Becks website

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baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I wish to god you hadnt put up the spidey photos..... otherwise, thats awesome!

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kranz The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,430 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	they gonna use those photos to make Alien 5

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Wow, cool shots there Niki! And pretty OT to close my post: Just think if this fungus would someday evolve to be a threat to humans too: http://neurophilosophy.wordpress.com...by-a-parasite/ Just saw a documentary where it was mentioned (the same one from where the first youtube clip is taken on that site) and foooock. Nature is a sick sick sick place, I stay inside from now on.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	photography this close up is way cool. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	So while the rest of us explore outer space your into inner space. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm putting that spider pic on my girlfriends desktop. I can't wait till she wakes it up from "hibernate mode" __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force