Flower in the Desert
A passionate flower blooms between rugged rocks. In fact, the features in the image are gatherings of minute ice crystals which formed in the specimen chamber of a scanning electron microscope. The beauty did not last long: The rocks disappeared in the surrounding atmosphere of 10-3 Pa and temperatures below-85°C due to sublimation.
At 51st photo contest hosted by the Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy in 1995.
Condition
Instrument : Scanning Electron Microscope S-4200 + Cryogenic System
Accelerating voltage : 1.2 kV
Observation temperature : -90°C
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*This work was presented at the "photo contest" hosted by the Japanese Society of Microscopy.
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