Science images

Mainly images of things I've taken that I think are interesting. Comments will be posted to explain what the (mainly) scientific images are. All images copyrighted by Gordon Vrdoljak. These are lower resolution images. I have higher resolution images available upon request. Send me an email specifying its intended use.

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Location: Berkeley, California, United States

Monday, December 27, 2004

fruit fly foot


This is the foot of a fruit fly.

asbestos


This is an image of asbestos taken from the dust off of the floor.

Mayonnaise


This is a freeze fracture cryo SEM image of mayonnaise. The large globules are fat, with a network of water between.

Tyrannosaurus Rex


This is a montage of a few images of a Tyrannosaurus Rex I took from the local paleo museum on campus.

Monday, December 13, 2004

Another spider - business end


This is the interesting part of the spider where the web is made. A number of spigots are shown in the image.

Friday, December 10, 2004

Giardia 2 of them


Here is a picture of two Giardia protozoans. The organisms are considered parasites as they often contaminate drinking water and infect people.

Thursday, December 09, 2004

Spider web



This is a point on a spider web where two lines intersect, as interpreted with the naked eye. At high resolution, each line is made up of a multitude of strands with diameters as small as 70nm and showing substructure on each strand.