Eye-Popping Microscope Images

[nec209]

Eye-Popping Microscope Images ( 10 photos 1 of 10)

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http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Eye-Popping-Microscope-Images/ss/events/sc/111810bioscapesimage#photoViewer=/ydownload/20101118/photos_net_web_sc/1290096675

 

 

Note is this new technology that shows more detail than ever before ? Even parts of cells ?

 

 

If so than do you think one day we can look at energy or each photon of light?

[Incendia]

Yes we can look at energy...Just go look at a tesla coil or plasma ball. Electricity is energy and we see it as lightening.

 

We can see anything that reflects light. So we will never see photons as photons are light and do not give any off nor do they reflect any. Looking down any microscope that could let you see things the size of photons would just be beaming photons into your eyes. In other words you may aswell just aim a torch at your eyes.

 

 

And the technology isn't new. We have had these microscopes for years...and stronger ones. How do you think they show you pictures of cells themselves?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_microscope

 

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9057521/World_s_most_powerful_microscope_gives_3_D_look_at_atomic_structures

[nec209]

Yes we can look at energy...Just go look at a tesla coil or plasma ball. Electricity is energy and we see it as lightening.

 

We can see anything that reflects light. So we will never see photons as photons are light and do not give any off nor do they reflect any. Looking down any microscope that could let you see things the size of photons would just be beaming photons into your eyes. In other words you may aswell just aim a torch at your eyes.

 

 

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9057521/World_s_most_powerful_microscope_gives_3_D_look_at_atomic_structures

 

Well are eyes are not made to see particles .Your desk you looking at now well you eyes cannot see every particle it is when there are billions than you can see it and it looks like desk.Think of a computer monitor every dot on your screan you cannot see the dots but those millions dots make up the picture .Now if you had special eyeglasses you would see every don't not the picture of the monitor has the magnification would be very big so you would see every dot.

[Incendia]

Yes but photons do not emit photons.

 

That is why we cannot see them. They also travel to quickly. Even if you beamed them into your eyes to let them activate a receptor your brain would just tell you there is a dot. That dot wouldn't be exciting and probably indistinguishable from laser light's. It would probably also damage your eyesight.

[nec209]

Yes but photons do not emit photons.

 

That is why we cannot see them. They also travel to quickly. Even if you beamed them into your eyes to let them activate a receptor your brain would just tell you there is a dot. That dot wouldn't be exciting and probably indistinguishable from laser light's. It would probably also damage your eyesight.

 

No your eye will not see each photon has the photons must enter your eye and your eye is not built for the subatomic world.And with electron microscope we can see protons ,neutrons, ectrons so why not photons.And photons are the light .

 

It is only when x number of photons enter your eye we can see light .If some how only 5 photon enter your eye now ,you would not see any thing .Are eye are not built to see subatomic particles.It is only when X number of subatomic particles do we see a shape or object of matter.

 

Are eyes are not sensitive to see each photon it is only when x number enter are eye do we see light..

[Greippi]

And with electron microscope we can see protons ,neutrons, ectrons so why not photons.And photons are the light .

 

 

I am no physicist, but photons are smaller than the wavelength of electrons. I'm not even sure a photon has "size".

[Incendia]

...of coarse they don't...photons don't have mass...they are energy.

Electrons do have mass...

Edited November 27, 2010 by ProcuratorIncendia

[CharonY]

Eh, visual images are recreation based on excitation patterns in your retina due to absorbed photons.

 

To the topic, for most pictures I do not see that they novel techniques are used. Just nice samples.

Edited November 29, 2010 by CharonY

[nec209]

So you saying photons have no mass thus no matter and that is why we cannot see each photon under a electron microscope ?

[Greippi]

Putting aside the issue that you couldn't get the electron wavelength down to the size of a photon:

 

Even if photons had a size, they move at 300 million m/s. Even if you could get a stationary photon, the Heisenburg uncertainty principle would prevent its observation.

 

The theory is that photons have a dual nature - either particles or waves. It's a bit of a mistake to think of them as physical entities or something with substance.

[nec209]

Putting aside the issue that you couldn't get the electron wavelength down to the size of a photon:

 

Even if photons had a size, they move at 300 million m/s. Even if you could get a stationary photon, the Heisenburg uncertainty principle would prevent its observation.

 

The theory is that photons have a dual nature - either particles or waves. It's a bit of a mistake to think of them as physical entities or something with substance.

 

You cannot see some thing that is not matter or have no mass. So yes we cannot see energy or photons has they have no mass thus no matter.

 

And there is no light at the subatomic world has you say the wavelength of light is not on that scale.

 

I think I got it now.

Edited December 4, 2010 by nec209