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Gold Moon

A full moon (is coming out) from behind the mountain?
This was observed by heating a gilt up to some 1,000°C with the direct-heating type hot stage. It is supposed that the heated gold surface was liquefied and took ball-shaped with surface tension.

Prize winning photo at 50th photo contest hosted by the Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy in 1994.

Condition

Instrument : Ultra-high Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope S-5000
Magnification : × 4,000

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This work was presented at the "photo contest" hosted by the Japanese Society of Microscopy.

The Japanese Society of Microscopy.

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