I say, non-ironically, that these invoke for me memories of the "Mighty Microscope" from the Monstanto "Adventure into Inner Space" ride at Disneyland (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Thru_Inner_Space). Only … for real.
Originally shared by +Charles Carrigan:
Gorgeous examples of snowflakes, taken by low-temperature scanning electron microscope (LT-SEM). The crystal structure of ice is hexagonal in symmetry at the atomic scale, and this internal orderly arrangement is reflected in the shapes of these crystals at the scale of single flakes.
25 Microscopic Images of Snow Crystals
At the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Maryland, you will find the US Department of Agriculture’s Low Temperature Scanning Electron Microscope (LT-SEM). One of the LT-SEM’s…
I miss that ride. I wonder if Paul Frees' narration is available online.
Aha!
http://www.themeparkaudioarchives.com/members/archives_disneyland_tomorrowland_adventure_thru_inner_space.html
Best publicity Monsanto ever spent money on.