Sunday, November 30, 2014

Micro "Selfies"

For week two of our unit on Microscopes, Cells and Cell Transport, we are going to have a little contest.  Your challenge is to find the coolest electron microscope image and decide if it is from an scanning electron microscope or a transmission electron microscope.  Be sure to give the image URL and tell which type of microscope was used in taking the image.

Below is an image of a scanning electron microscope image of the head of a human flea taken by retired scientific photographer, Steve Gschmeisser.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7397841/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html

Here is a transmission electron microscope image of a human liver cell taken by Dennis Kunkel.  He even offers electron microscope calendars...how cool is that.


I will keep track of the favorites.  Whoever posts the image first gets credit for finding the image and will get a vote for their image to win the prize.  Good luck.

Here is a link to the Cell LibGuide that Mrs. Nelson and I created.  It has some links to microscope images, but there are tons of cool images out there.  In order to get full credit, include the link, what the image is and if it is a SEM microscope picture or a TEM microscope picture.

81 comments:

  1. My image is of two one-day-old zebrafish larvae taken with a SEM microscope. http://www.realfarmacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/larvae.jpg
    From http://www.realfarmacy.com/10-amazing-photos-of-the-invisible-world/

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  2. http://remf.dartmouth.edu/images/insectPart3SEM/source/1.html
    The image I chose is a SEM microscope picture of the side of a pyralidae moth’s head.

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  3. This is a colored scanning electron microscope (SEM) of a maggot (the larva of a bluebottle fly) it also has teeth like fangs extending out of it’s mouth.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html

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    1. Your picture is really cool, the fangs are a nice touch.

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    2. I never knew that maggots had fangs

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  4. This image is a SEM of Velcro. legacy.mos.org/sln/sem/velcro.html

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  5. This is a image of the Glomerulum of mouse kidney with broken capillary, taken by an electron microscope.

    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glomerulum_of_mouse_kidney_with_broken_capillary_in_Scanning_Electron_Microscope,_magnification_10,000x.GIF

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    1. It is also a SEM microscope picture

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  6. This is something from the walnut family. A SEM microscope was used to take the picture.
    This is where I got it: http://remf.dartmouth.edu/Juglans_nigra_walnut_SEM_P1/
    Picture: http://remf.dartmouth.edu/Juglans_nigra_walnut_SEM_P1/images/03_10-26-09_Walnut8_Jul09-1.jpg

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  7. I found a SEM picture of hairs on the seed of Rochelia persica.

    http://www.rbge.org.uk/science/scientific-and-technical-services/microscopy/sem-colour-gallery

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  8. Here is an image of a hydrothermal worm taken with an FEI scanning electron microscope:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/8677290/Scanning-electron-microscope-images-reveal-hidden-horror-and-beauty.html

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  9. The Image I chose is a SEM microscope picture of a Solitary Bee. There are also images of other animals on this website.
    http://www.wired.com/2011/04/sem-gallery/

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  10. The image I found is an SEM microscope picture of a bed bug.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/CDC_11739_Cimex_lectularius_SEM.jpg/800px-CDC_11739_Cimex_lectularius_SEM.jpg

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  11. This image is a scanning electron microscope of a termite.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/8120231/Micro-Monsters-scanning-electron-microscope-images-of-insects-spiders-and-creepy-crawlies.html?image=15

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  12. This is a picture of the head of a soldier turtle ant and it is a SEM photo. It shows its giant head and cool green eyes.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/7397841/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=9

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  13. This is a Black and White image of a part of a snowflake. It is a TEM image http://www.wired.com/2010/12/snowflakes-by-microscope/

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  14. The image is of the surface of a kidney stone, taken by an SEM microscope in black and white.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Surface_of_a_kidney_stone.jpg/736px-Surface_of_a_kidney_stone.jpg

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  15. http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-gorgeous-sea-urchin-skeleton-sem.html
    I chose SEM microscope image of a Sea Urchin Skeleton(very first image on the cite).

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  16. This is an SEM image of a moth caterpillar:
    http://38.media.tumblr.com/b3c45d6fa5d1509d0239ae83541f9c20/tumblr_n761cnJQLJ1tc258so4_r3_1280.png

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    1. Wow! This one is really cool. Creepy but still cool :)

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  17. This is an image of a coral sand particle,(SEM), http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Images/21660/Coral%20sand004.jpg

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    1. That is a fantastic picture Jackson!

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    2. That is a fantastic picture Jackson!

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  18. http://remf.dartmouth.edu/sand/images/H-PG-3-1.jpg
    My picture is of Hawaiian volcanic sand. The microscope is a SEM which stands for scanning electron microscope.

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  19. This is a silkworm under a scanning color microscope.
    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/5a/93/89/5a9389df43819b4f0f67cf2d25c035e6.jpg

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  20. The is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a spider.

    https://tysontrepidations.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/spider-under-scanning-electron-microscope.jpg

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  21. This is a Scanning Electron Microscope image (SEM) of a Tardigrades also known as Water Bears.
    http://www.wired.com/2014/03/absurd-creature-week-water-bear/

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  22. This is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a certain type of mold spores known as conidia.
    http://www.denniskunkel.com/detail/197.html

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  23. This is a scanning electron microscope(SEM) image of the claw of a Black Widow Spider

    http://legacy.mos.org/sln/sem/widow.html

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  24. This is a Jumping Spider (SEM) under a colored scanning electron microscope.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/7397841/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=2

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  25. This is a Jumping Spider (SEM) under a colored scanning electron microscope.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/7397841/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=2

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  26. This is a SEM of a Isopod

    http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Isopod-SEM/

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  27. My image is of a calcium phosphate crystal crystal taken with a SEM.
    http://izismile.com/2010/10/15/amazing_scanning_electron_microscope_pictures_24_pics.html
    #20

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  28. My image is of a calcium phosphate crystal taken with a SEM.
    http://izismile.com/2010/10/15/amazing_scanning_electron_microscope_pictures_24_pics.html
    #23

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  29. This is an SEM picture of a dust mite. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=3

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  30. This is a SEM image of a hook worm also know as a parasite nematode. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f0/19/20/f019202785ae8bc4d8f934f546655f7c.jpg

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  31. This is a SEM picture of the head of a Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina).

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=5

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    1. This is a really cool picture!

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  32. My image is an SEM of an ant
    http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Ant-SEM2

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  33. This is a sem picture of a oinkfrog http://www.oinkfrog.com/2010/10/creepy-cuteness.html

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  34. they are all SEM images i like the first of the red blood cellhttp://www.dvice.com/archives/2011/08/the_15_best_ele.php

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  35. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/8120231/Micro-Monsters-scanning-electron-microscope-images-of-insects-spiders-and-creepy-crawlies.html?image=3
    This is a picture of a maggot head from a SEM microscope

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  36. This is a scanning electron microscope SEM image of a snowflake
    http://blogs.rsc.org/ce/2012/03/06/march-crystal-clear-crystal-snowflakes/

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  37. I found an SEM microscope image of a Bladderwort with a magnification of 100x.
    Web address: legacy.mos.org/snl/sem/wort.html
    (see webpage for picture)

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  38. http://legacy.mos.org/sln/sem/quill.html

    This is an image of a porcupine quill from the perspective of a sem microscope

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  39. This is a SEM image of a worm it looks scary
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/8677290/Scanning-electron-microscope-images-reveal-hidden-horror-and-beauty.html

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  40. This image is a colored Sem of a Wasp's Head (Vespula vulgaris). What’s cool is that there is a preview option when you hover over its head that allows you to click on it and can zoom in.

    http://fineartamerica.com/featured/coloured-sem-of-a-wasps-head-vespula-vulgaris-power-and-syred.html

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  41. http://www.fei.com/image-gallery/mosquito-eyes/

    This is an image of mosquito eyes taken with a SEM microscope. The magnification is 450x.

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  42. this picture is of a Harmonia axyridis it is a large coccinelle beetle with its origin in asia.
    http://www.eyeofscience.de/uploads/tx_flexslider/Harmonia_axyridis_46x_01.jpg

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  43. this a SEM picture of a bloodworm.

    http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Bloodworm-Marphysa-sp-SEM/

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  44. http://remf.dartmouth.edu/Lung_TEM_mega/images/01_Lung_80294_50MB.jpg
    This is a TEM of a lung.

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  45. This is an image of a spiders skin under an SEM microscope.http://whatisaplunk.com/tag/sem/

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  46. This is an SEM image of a Black Widow Spider Claw... (I hate spiders even more now)
    http://legacy.mos.org/sln/sem/widow.html

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  47. This is an image of a black widow spider's claw. It is a SEM image.

    http://legacy.mos.org/sln/sem/widow.gif

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    1. I am not a big fan of spiders but I really found this fascinating!

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  48. http://njarb.com/2012/11/100-amazing-electron-microscope-images/c0074167-saltpeppersem-spl/

    This is a SEM picture of grains of salt and pepper.

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  49. http://ben.biomimicry.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Milnesium-tardigradum_CC_by_Schokraie-et-al.jpg

    This is an SEM microscope image of a water bear

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  50. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=14
    This is an sem microscope image of a dog flea.

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  51. This is an SEM image of pollen grains.
    http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn14136/dn14136-1_788.jpg

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  52. This is a SEM image of nanobristles clutching a polyester ball. This image won the international science and engineering visualization challenge.
    http://www.seas.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/images/oldsite/Nanobristlesball.jpg

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  53. I have an image of a heathland ant holding a microchip from the perspective of an SEM microscope
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/8050581/Microcosmos-scanning-electron-microscope-images-of-insects-household-items-and-human-body-parts.html

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  54. This is an image of kosher salt at 75x magnification taken with an SEM microscope.
    http://legacy.mos.org/sln/sem/ksalt.html

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  55. In reply to Emily- that's so cool! It's interesting how you can see every little hair.

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  56. This is SEM image of a ruby crystal

    http://www.sciencephoto.com/image/170474/530wm/E4251198-Ruby_crystals%2C_SEM-SPL.jpg

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  57. This is a SEM Image of a strawberry seed
    http://tedkinsman.photoshelter.com/image/I0000F3we.VKOLh0

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  58. http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Julian_Thorpe/TEM17.htm
    This is a picture of a Golgi under a TEM microscope

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  59. https://sites.google.com/site/mrtomthomas/P720251-Hair_SEM-SPL-large.jpg

    This is an SEM microscopic image of hair follicles and strands of hair, that makes me think twice about luscious locks! Blegh!

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    1. Clare that is a bit creepy! It's so crazy what things look like under a microscope.

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  60. This is an sem picture of a caterpillar head
    http://twistedsifter.com/2011/08/electron-microscope-photography/

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  61. https://www.pinterest.com/sillyjan/alcohol-microscope-1000x/
    Alcohol microscope 1000x

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  62. This is an SEM picture of the claws on an Andean Goblin Spider.
    http://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/news-posts/seeking-out-spiders

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  63. This is a picture of a green Lacewing take with a SEM microscope http://www.livescience.com/16868-microscopic-bugs-photo-gallery.html

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  64. I found an Image taken by an SEM microscope of a common wasp.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=15

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  65. This is a picture of a red flour beetle taken by a SEM microscope.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/picture-galleries/7924099/Creepy-crawlies-Amazing-Scanning-Electron-Microscope-pictures-of-insects-and-spiders.html?image=6

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  66. This is an SEM image of a needle and thread.

    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/13/article-0-0CBE2918000005DC-354_306x415.jpg

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