Sarah Burton (Alexander McQueen) Photographer: Fabien Baron Stylist: Karl Templer Make-Up: Benjamin Puckey Hair: Guido Palau Interview, March 2012
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Gennady Petrov Photographer ~ “The Thinker”:)
O./O
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Successive close-ups of the scales of a Peacock butterfly wing.
Shown from left to right, top to bottom: (second row) a closeup of the scales of the specimen at top, high magnification view of coloured scales (different species); (third row) electron micrograph of a patch of wing (~×50 magnification), the scales close up (~×200); (last row) a single scale (×1000), microstructure of a scale (×5000).
(photos: MichaD (top and second row left), Shaddack (second row right), SecretDisc (micrographs))
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The Wave, Arizona photos by Simon J. Byrne
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation near the Arizona and Utah border, located in the Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness. the renowned Wave is made of 190-million-year-old Navajo sandstone, ancient sand dunes that calcified in vertical and horizontal layers. Check out some altogether different but equally awesome nature shots at Simon’s flickr.
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Quartz Chevron-like Amethyst crusts mark former serfaces of Calcite Ametista do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil (by hyperion327)
This is a beyond awesome cathedral geode. I’d love to have this in my collection!
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Microscopic Images of Alcoholic Drinks
All of these impressive photos of alcoholic beverages under a microscope uncover the elements that make up some of our preferred tipples. Similar to photos of snowflakes, each and every beverage is unique, while observed below when zoomed about 1, 000 times under a high tech lab microscope. Created by United states company Bevshots, these are available as artworks for potential buyers which recognize the concealed beauty of alcoholic beverages. Catching the small elements that define most popular drinks such as vodka, pina colada and Chablis.
“What you can see in the magnified pictures are the crystalised carbohydrates that have become sugars and glucose, ” described Lester Hutt, 35, the founder of Bevshots.
He describes, “Each image was created by using a pipette of each particular drink and squeezing a drop onto a slide. Then the droplets are allowed to dry out and the slide is placed under the microscope and a picture taken. “
It will take approximately 4 weeks for the alcohol to dry up entirely in the airtight container, and the complete procedure may take around 3 months.Vodka and tonic
Whiskey
Vodka
Tequila
Sake
Pina Colada
Martini
Dry Martini
Champagne
Red wine
German Pilsner
Coca Cola
Genetic Parkinson’s Disease Brain Cells Made in Lab
American scientists have successfully manufactured human neurons which are exact replica of genetically caused Parkinson’s disease.
This means that scientists have now gained the ability to visualize and test to for the reasons these mutations in the parkin gene cause the degenerative disease in about 10% of patients with Parkinson’s. In addition, these manufactured cells provide an excellent and accurate way for testing new treatments, which had previously been essentially impossible.
In a statement, Dr. Julie Feng, who led the study, said:
This is the first time that human dopamine neurons have ever been generated from Parkinson’s disease patients with parkin mutations. Before this, we didn’t even think about being able to study the disease in human neurons. The brain is so fully integrated. It’s impossible to obtain live human neurons to study.
