Jan 9, 2011: Closer Look at Snow

Pico and ME · 01-09-2011, 12:58 AM

Magnified, snow sometimes looks like a caricature of itself, or what snow might look like in a Tim Burton movie...but sometimes it doesn't look like itself at all.

More pictures here.

Pico and ME · 01-09-2011, 01:00 AM

YIKES!
Please Mods...Fix the date. Thanks.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-09-2011, 01:24 AM

It looks like snow that's been hanging around the gutter for a few days, all dingy and shit.

Thanks, ME, Pico should be proud.

SPUCK · 01-09-2011, 05:38 AM

Punk snow.

Nice pics.

ajaccio · 01-09-2011, 10:50 AM

Very cool photos at that link. Some of 'em look like toys that got left scattered over a playroom floor. Y'all should check out the photos of cocktails under a microscrope that are also featured at that same website. Psychadelic!

http://www.laboiteverte.fr/des-cocktails-au-microscope/

footfootfoot · 01-09-2011, 11:54 AM

We visited similar photos several years ago...
http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p=126513

From here:
http://www.microscopy.fsu.edu/galleria/index.html

Sundae · 01-09-2011, 12:14 PM

Gorgeous. But I have spent the weekend trying NOT to get a closer look at the snow here. As in not getting down to pavement level.

wolf · 01-09-2011, 03:02 PM

I likes the snow.

Snow for my birthday. (yeah, it's today)

I may have mentioned before that I get snow every year for my birthday, well, +/-3 days, which means that I got some at -3, -1, and today, Cellar Snow. Looks good for +3 as well.

TheMercenary · 01-09-2011, 04:42 PM

Great pics!

Beest · 01-12-2011, 02:31 PM

I saw this thread yesterday, just as the snow was starting, and sent the images to my colleagues, so we were inspired to have a go.

I didn't collect the snow and helped with getting the settings right for good pictures.

The first one is fromt he start of the storm when the flakes felt small and icy, the last two are from today when they were big and fluffy.

glatt · 01-12-2011, 02:36 PM

Awesome!

How much does a scanning electron microscope cost? I want one.

Pico and ME · 01-12-2011, 02:41 PM

So, those post/column-like things hold two 'snowflake' crystals together, I suppose.

Beest · 01-12-2011, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

So, those post/column-like things hold two 'snowflake' crystals together, I suppose.

I dunno, I don't make 'em.
I was surprised as there are some very simialr in the OP, especially the linked pictures, even the slit down the side.

you can get Little desktop SEM's now, I think they are about $80K.

If you know how to maintain them they often give the old ones away, I knew a guy who had one in his garage.

Lamplighter · 01-12-2011, 04:08 PM

Down memory lane... As a student I created mnemonic devises to help understand some things.

One I remember now, 50+ yrs later, about EM images is:
"a hole creates a shadow of brightness"

Is this field still doing the "gold" or other metal evaporations to make biological specimens visible with the EM ?
It was a tedious process, often ending in failure.

kerosene · 01-12-2011, 06:12 PM

Those are cool. That first one looks like one of those bank containers you use at the drive up window.

01-09-2011, 12:58 AM	#1
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Jan 9, 2011: Closer Look at Snow Magnified, snow sometimes looks like a caricature of itself, or what snow might look like in a Tim Burton movie...but sometimes it doesn't look like itself at all. More pictures here. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 01-09-2011 at 01:25 AM.

01-09-2011, 01:24 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It looks like snow that's been hanging around the gutter for a few days, all dingy and shit. Thanks, ME, Pico should be proud. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-09-2011, 11:54 AM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	We visited similar photos several years ago... http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p=126513 From here: http://www.microscopy.fsu.edu/galleria/index.html __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-09-2011, 12:14 PM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Gorgeous. But I have spent the weekend trying NOT to get a closer look at the snow here. As in not getting down to pavement level. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-09-2011, 03:02 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I likes the snow. Snow for my birthday. (yeah, it's today) I may have mentioned before that I get snow every year for my birthday, well, +/-3 days, which means that I got some at -3, -1, and today, Cellar Snow. Looks good for +3 as well. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-09-2011, 01:00 AM	#2
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	YIKES! Please Mods...Fix the date. Thanks.

01-09-2011, 05:38 AM	#4
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Punk snow. Nice pics.

01-09-2011, 10:50 AM	#5
ajaccio Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 76	Very cool photos at that link. Some of 'em look like toys that got left scattered over a playroom floor. Y'all should check out the photos of cocktails under a microscrope that are also featured at that same website. Psychadelic! http://www.laboiteverte.fr/des-cocktails-au-microscope/

01-09-2011, 04:42 PM	#9
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Great pics! __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-12-2011, 02:31 PM	#10
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	I saw this thread yesterday, just as the snow was starting, and sent the images to my colleagues, so we were inspired to have a go. I didn't collect the snow and helped with getting the settings right for good pictures. The first one is fromt he start of the storm when the flakes felt small and icy, the last two are from today when they were big and fluffy. Attached Images

01-12-2011, 02:36 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Awesome! How much does a scanning electron microscope cost? I want one.

01-12-2011, 02:41 PM	#12
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	So, those post/column-like things hold two 'snowflake' crystals together, I suppose.

01-12-2011, 04:08 PM	#14
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Down memory lane... As a student I created mnemonic devises to help understand some things. One I remember now, 50+ yrs later, about EM images is: "a hole creates a shadow of brightness" Is this field still doing the "gold" or other metal evaporations to make biological specimens visible with the EM ? It was a tedious process, often ending in failure.

01-12-2011, 06:12 PM	#15
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Those are cool. That first one looks like one of those bank containers you use at the drive up window.

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