Category: To see a world in a grain of sand

New microscope for the workbench

  • April 2, 2021
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Mucking About With Things The Diary of Lupin Pooter To see a world in a grain of sand TØØLS
Snapshot of the screen showing part of the calibration card included with the microscope’s camera. The magnification goes much higher but this is the highest at which a meaningful bit of the card is visible. I recently acquired a new workbench microscope (a SHOCREX 3800W) from the manufacturer’s (or rebadger and reseller’s) Tmall store. I […]

Look closer

  • July 22, 2017
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All My Friends Are Insects Spitting Images The Diary of Lupin Pooter To see a world in a grain of sand
See anything interesting in this photo? Neither of us did at first, either, when we were having a gander at the original scene a few months back, but I paused our walk for a moment, to her minor exasperation, to give the spot a quick once-over. Here’s a closeup. That vase-like object is a potter […]

When you have microscopes but a magnifying glass and camera are closer to hand [Photo]

  • June 27, 2017
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Mucking About With Things The Diary of Lupin Pooter To see a world in a grain of sand
INVENSENSE MPU-6050 [D4H592LAT EL 1539 E]: snapshot taken with a Canon G7X through a handheld 40x magnifying glass because they were good enough for my purposes and the scopes are all packed away at the moment.

Another interesting pattern

  • April 22, 2017
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The Diary of Lupin Pooter To see a world in a grain of sand
That’s a photo of the stainless steel panel on the inside of the lid of our water boiler/warmer.

Nope. Not an image taken of another world from orbit.

  • April 20, 2017
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The Diary of Lupin Pooter To see a world in a grain of sand
So what is it?