Sunday July 07, 2013
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Extreme close-up of tape in a scanning electron microscope.
It’s conductive carbon tape, which we use for mounting stuff in the electron microscope, and it’s usually covered in strange craters and textures - I don’t know what purpose those serve. Does make it look like some kind of alien lifeform.
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