velcro® being pulled apart

94x magnification (when viewed at 100%), taken with a Nikon SMZ1500 Stereomicroscope coupled with a Spot Insight Digital Color Camera. Placed in the top 30, Nikon Small World 2005.

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Dermal Denticles says:

Cool
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

mariannes_stuff says:

one of my favorite pictures of all time.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

av24x7 says:

A w e s o m e !
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

James Tran says:

excellent
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

.Ashkan says:

I think this is a good option for this thread:

flickr.com/groups/sciencegroup/discuss/720575 94141076987/
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Trazy says:

Thanks for the suggestion .Ashkan. I just posted on the thread.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

.Ashkan says:

thanks...
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

HenrysCat says:

Amazing detail - fav'd!
Mainly for being something you just don't see everyday.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

WisDoc says:

Wow, this is really cool - love the detail you captured here!!!
from Scientist Photographers group
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

_ Krystian PHOTOSynthesis (wild-thriving) _ says:

Rare Makro! Greetings from Scientist Photographers
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Perfection is a fault [deleted] says:

Just saw this, then saw you got it published. Great image, totally crazy!! but great. Well done
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Bukutgirl says:

great stuff! Great to have you as a member of SP! keep em' coming!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

WisDoc says:

Hi, I've chosen your photo for the competition of the week at Scientist Photographers group, you can follow the scoring in the discussion section of our group! Good Luck!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Trazy says:

Thanks, everyone!

Bukutgirl, etc.: I'm happy to be a part of SPI! And, thanks also to you and WisDoc for the nominations!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

artgeek says:

See www.microscopyu.com/smallworld/gallery/contes ts/2005/hono...
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Trazy says:

Yep, I saw it :) The picture is also on the back page of this year's calendar.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

gdiazdeleon says:

Jus Amazing!!!....from thumbnail sees like a space monster firing its laser beams through dark space....

(from Scientist Photographers group)

And a Fav+++
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

skitzogerl34 says:

WOW, this is awesome!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

tony perrie says:

Are those snakes fighting some kind of dog?
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

jhary says:

Cool: very nano.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Revital9 says:

Excellent!!!!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Pubcrawl Bird says:

Amazing macro. Great stuff.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

torotech says:

Thanks, my 5yr old daughter and I were looking at your cool pictures and it inspired me to buy her a microscope.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Mark Grealish says:

Ooh, velcroey.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

kn0thing says:

Congrats, you've been reddited!

Marvelous photo!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

hey,stellaaaa!!! says:

holysmokes!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Trazy says:

Yowzers, thanks for all the new comments! Where's all this traffic coming from?!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

mcdyver1 says:

fark n cool picture !! .......oh yeah its from fark.com listed under (some guy) with a cool tag. Sun July 09, 2006
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

mutant says:

Cthulhu!!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

loudestnoise says:

cool
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

N080dy says:

Dugg!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

benbabooey says:

amazing..
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Paulington P. Zombiekill says:

red and blue? interesting...is that just how it shows up under the microscope?
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

TheGoldenPath says:

Thats amazing!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

kmeuse says:

The digg effect! That's one sweet lens, man.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

WORKphoto.net says:

wow
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

blazes says:

Amazing
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

seventoes says:

congrats on getting to digg! Great photo!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

capnqwest says:

wow, great idea and great photo!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

evadedave says:

Very nice shot of velcro! I wonder how many people know that the word velcro is a portmanteau of velour and crochet.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

JeremyJohnsonPhoto says:

sexy
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Ian Meyer says:

that's great!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Konnecke says:

I blogged this together with my velcro story (all clean) at www.konnecke.com/2006/07/velcro-being-pulled- apart.html
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Ioan Sameli says:

Wow, that's a freaking cool pic ! Especially the colors are so cool ;)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Nekominn says:

Whoha 81k views. Sweet picture
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

B42 says:

How about a thistle/ burr being pulled from a sock ? I've heard that's where the idea for velcro came from...
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Manic.D says:

Looks almost biological.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

::justin:: says:

amazing. kudos to you.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Darren Daz Cox says:

wow! nice work!!!!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Pxl3000 says:

so what makes the velcro sound? the red stands snapping back or the blue? or is it the blue loops sliding along the red?
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

jc_jc_jc_jc says:

Trazy, do you have a regular-cam pic of this? I want to know what exactly are these objects with velcro on them. pls pm me when you respond.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

micklerlop says:

bravo
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

technograff says:

Man, that's cool! I love close ups :)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Emmysue says:

*shrug*

Meh.

;-)

Love,
Your proud and snarky ladyfriend
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

pheezy says:

excellent!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

tlongren says:

awesome!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

James Keirstead says:

absolutely amazing
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Roger Lynn says:

what an amazingly cool picture. thanks for sharing it.
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

_Umpa_ says:

Amazing way to see normal things... thanks
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

pedrobea says:

wow
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Comrade_S says:

nice shot, i keep finding this posted all over the web!

www.techamok.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1388

that explains where all the traffic comes from! Congrats on the 2 page spread in the bbc magazine!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Jed Sundwall says:

whoa!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Andrew-Hyde says:

dugg... nice shot!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

winchesta says:

Oh wow!!!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

trib says:

My new wallpaper. Awesome!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

K. W. Sanders says:

Amazing shot. Now that is macro all the way!

(found on digg)
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Ravi Vora says:

awesome concept, i like the way you made the two sides perfectly fit
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Emmysue says:

Me. *blush*
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Chris Nixon says:

...loved!
...faved!
...added to Flickr Hits!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Maia C says:

Now that's a macro.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Joe from VP says:

Wow, that's awesome. Good job being Fazed!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Brunocerous says:

that's hot
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

spiky_simon says:

Oh my gosh, amazing. I wish I had the cash to buy the qeuipment needed to takethis kind of shot (or even the talent!)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

velco says:

wow, that is increadible!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

darkbop says:

amazing !!!!!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

taka_itaha says:

Super, did not see this one before.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

bokchoyboy says:

Cool shot, great idea. I couldnt figure it out until I read the description.

The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Ana*J [deleted] says:

fantastic! very creative. so that's how velcro works. ;)
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

nuthinfancy says:

really really cool!!
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Gertrud K. says:

Perfect! I'm really fascinated!
The World Through My Eyes/Macro Thread
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

andreamary says:

Wicked photo! Love the 'catch' element.

The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ian says:

Fabulous!
(The World Through My Eyes)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

lucky e says:

awesome
TWTME
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

peggy. says:

awesome! I would have NO idea what this was!
--
Seen in a dicussion of The World Through My Eyes - 2 per day/ Comment on 1. (?)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Infinity Rain says:

OMG!! Now that truly is a micro macro!!! I can almost hear it ripping apart *shivers* Fantastic job and worthy of all the recognition it's getting

Thank you for adding your photo to our Macro Theme thread in The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

tanakawho says:

Can't believe the velcro is this beautiful!!! Fantastic!!!!
Came from Macro Theme thread in The World Through My Eyes.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

EPGadin says:

GREAT!!! concept! It caught my eye and I tried to figure it out before reading the description. Love it!!!!

The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

certified su says:

Well I'll be hog-tied!
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

unpolarized says:

This is so totally cool. I love the colors, and structure. Great choice for the "Macro" thread.
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Detailswe4sake*Photography says:

i want that lens!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

artgeek says:

Have you seen the Versalinx advertisement with the colorized Velcro by D. Breger at Drexel? They have a better colorized version in print of the pic at
www.mse.drexel.edu/breger/images.asp?album=ma terials
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

elvy says:

Very cool! So that's what is going on ;)
The World Through My Eyes
Thursday- Macro Theme Thread
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

reenoreluv says:

wonderful, great, amazing...what else is to say!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

-Merce- says:

A really imaginative and distinct shot. Congratulations.
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

add me. [deleted] says:

!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Catherine Jamieson says:

Congrats!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ancawonka says:

Holy crow, this is really cool! Go Velcro!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

pixability says:

213,000 views, unreal....
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Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

windowshoppers1979 says:

I never would have guessed that's what this picture is. It looks like something underwater.
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

jaxxon says:

Nice! Saw this on reddit.com ..good going!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

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