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Sunday, October 21, 2018

Picture of a Human Tear Drop

Below is a picture of a pizza human tear drop, by Norm Barker of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine, a winner in Nikon’s micro-photo competition, and published in the Washington Post.

The Post published several more winners, but most are of more complicated, biological lifeforms. As a physicist, this one appeals to me for its relative simplicity and symmetry. But I wonder what the patterned lengthy objects are -- salt crystals? Any ideas? Why aren't there many in the center?

 
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1 comment:

  1. Marco11:27 PM

    Not sure it'll answer your question, but see also
    http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/imaginarium-tears-teardrop-photography-collection
    and
    https://medium.com/micrograph-stories/the-journy-of-imaginarium-of-tears-5f70c8fb6f53

    There are a few compounds in tears that may not be so easily crystallizable and maybe they are pushed to the center?

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