I kinda don't buy it. The sand thing, sure. But i'm pretty sure human hair is cylindrical in shape and is scaly. It seems more to me that that might be some kind of very thin wire.
Not all individual strands of hair will be exactly and perfectly cylindrical.
That's an image using an electron microscope, which has VASTLY superior resolution that the simple visible-light methods used.
Hair is extremely elastic, so there's no reason to assume it isn't being deformed by tension. Which we know for a fact it is, because it's tied in a knot.
Why would the photographer lie about using hair, and use something else instead? What motivation exists to be honest about a grain of sand, but dishonest about the hair?
Hair follicle shape is literally the reason for all the different kinds of human hair we can easily observe. There are several shapes, each causing a different look/texture to the naked eye.
Differences in the shape of the scalp hair follicle determine the observed ethnic differences in scalp hair appearance, length and texture.
You posted an electron microscope image of a cylindrical hair...
It looks scaly when viewed with the extreme resolution and contrast of an electron microscope. Without that extreme resolution, some details are lost and you can't clearly perceive those scales.
It also looks different in grayscale, and the election microscope can't see transparency. But otherwise, I think those both look pretty identical, they look like hair.
Also, if you zoom in, you can in fact see those scales in some places. (The transparency of those thin layers contributes to making them hard to see)
Right? It's a completely different imaging technique on a different hair. It looks more cylindrical, so it might be from a straighter hair. Or it might just be the angle.
Hair's made of the same stuff as a fingernail, isn't it? Be kinda cool to 3D print your own glue-on nails out of the actual material nails are made of.
I agree, and not only that, but they seem to want to shit on anything cool/beautiful where possible, because they are superior to "all these idiots who just believe anything in a post they see". Or at least that seems to be the pattern imo.
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Mistiygirl@lemmy.zip · 38 pts · 24d
I kinda don't buy it. The sand thing, sure. But i'm pretty sure human hair is cylindrical in shape and is scaly. It seems more to me that that might be some kind of very thin wire.
Fawkes@lemmy.zip · 42 pts · 24d
Not all individual strands of hair will be exactly and perfectly cylindrical. That's an image using an electron microscope, which has VASTLY superior resolution that the simple visible-light methods used. Hair is extremely elastic, so there's no reason to assume it isn't being deformed by tension. Which we know for a fact it is, because it's tied in a knot. Why would the photographer lie about using hair, and use something else instead? What motivation exists to be honest about a grain of sand, but dishonest about the hair?
Mistiygirl@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 24d
I'm not doubting the photographer if this was really what he said. I'm more so doubting what the OP said.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 24d
Hair follicle shape is literally the reason for all the different kinds of human hair we can easily observe. There are several shapes, each causing a different look/texture to the naked eye.
See the Structure section here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_follicle
dohpaz42@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 24d
If you zoom in on the photo, you can make out the scales on the hair.
candyman337@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 24d
If you look closely on the right you can see the scaly texture
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d
You posted an electron microscope image of a cylindrical hair...
It looks scaly when viewed with the extreme resolution and contrast of an electron microscope. Without that extreme resolution, some details are lost and you can't clearly perceive those scales.
It also looks different in grayscale, and the election microscope can't see transparency. But otherwise, I think those both look pretty identical, they look like hair.
Also, if you zoom in, you can in fact see those scales in some places. (The transparency of those thin layers contributes to making them hard to see)
bilb@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 23d
Right? It's a completely different imaging technique on a different hair. It looks more cylindrical, so it might be from a straighter hair. Or it might just be the angle.
HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org · 1 pts · 3d
The cross-section of human hair varies a lot, whether it is curly or straight, and so on.
Steve@startrek.website · -2 pts · 24d
It looks greasy and false-colored
danc4498@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 24d
The hair is more interesting than the sand.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 24d
Wouldn’t think human hair would look so… synthetic? Looks plastic.
candyman337@piefed.ca · 15 pts · 24d
It's made of keratin, same stuff as your nails, so it's basically the human body version of plastic
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 24d
Gerd derm microplastics!
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
Gerd dern merkerplaster
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 3 pts · 24d
I'm suddenly hungry for gummy worms
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 23d
Who the fuck’s hair looks like that? Who the fuck’s sand looks like that?
Somebody cherry picked two exquisite specimens for this shot. Kudos to the photographer.
Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz · 17 pts · 23d
That's exactly what he did. The photographer is Ethan Beckler. It is a sand garnet on a hair from his daughter's head.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 23d
Wow. He’s got some incredible skill.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 23d
Could’ve used oil or some other chemical like a varnish to smooth the hair.
doenietzomoeilijk@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 23d
Here's your chance to show how it's done!
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 23d
I have no lens capable of such a good macro shot.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 24d
I thought it was topaz on wrought iron.
This is amazing.
Avicenna@programming.dev · 10 pts · 23d
sir that is a potato noodle
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 23d
Hair as 3D printer filament…..
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 23d
Smell of burning hair intensifies
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 1 pts · 23d
Hair's made of the same stuff as a fingernail, isn't it? Be kinda cool to 3D print your own glue-on nails out of the actual material nails are made of.
FrChazzz@lemmus.org · 4 pts · 23d
I guess I've never really taken the time to actually look at micro-photographs of hair, but damn does it look cool.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 23d
it looks chewy
ignoble_stigmas@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 23d
Dont trust the look
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 23d
It looks delicious for some damn reason.
crank0271@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
First in a series of why I can't stand the beach
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 23d
I don't like sand. It's course and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 23d
It's like poetry, it rhymes.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · -9 pts · 24d
That ain't no human hair.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 24d
Seems unlikely that you're right. Photographer is Ethan Beckler of 1of1images. This is part of a series of photos with sand grains on human hair
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA-9vhAxvVW
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · -16 pts · 24d
Yea, no.
Human hair is cylindrical
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 24d
Seems unlikely that you're right. Photographer is Ethan Beckler of 1of1images. This is part of a series of photos with sand grains on human hair
https://www.instagram.com/p/DA-9vhAxvVW
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 24d
How are there multiple comments saying this? It's a well known fact that there are several shapes.
See the Structure section here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_follicle
Fawkes@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 23d
Because people see one electron microscope image of a human hair and instantly become experts in the subject. Dunning-Kruger effect at its dumbest.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 23d
I agree, and not only that, but they seem to want to shit on anything cool/beautiful where possible, because they are superior to "all these idiots who just believe anything in a post they see". Or at least that seems to be the pattern imo.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 23d
As is tradition
Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 23d
Mine isn't. Probably has something to do with why it curls