Micro-photography of a single grain of sand balanced on a knot of human hair taken by Ethan becker

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/57891575

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12 Comments

Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz · 98 pts · 12d (1 reply)

Let's give the photographer credit. This is from Ethan Beckler.

FoxtrotDeltaTango@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 18h

Ok

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 12d (1 reply)

Really highlights how it’s rough and gets everywhere

lookitsjustin@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 12d

Imagine how this makes sand feel smh thanks Ani

bright@piefed.social · 17 pts · 12d (3 replies)

Doesn't look like any other micro image of hair I've ever seen. In all the other pics i can find online hair looks a lot rougher than that. Maybe it's a synthetic hair?

Im_old@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 12d (1 reply)

yeah I was thinking the same. Why is it square?

postman@literature.cafe · 5 pts · 12d

There's a Facebook comment that says it's his daughter's hair. Dunno for sure.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 11d

Evidently they can be different

baconmonsta@piefed.social · 7 pts · 12d (1 reply)

Interesting how so up close both objects seem transparent. (I know, glass is basically sand, but still)

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 12d

hair is made of keratin. the same material your fingernails are made of.

NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 12d

They must have used frame stacking to get everything into focus like this, I imagine...

psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 12d

Looks like glass noodle mmm