This is the vasculature of an actual heart (porcine heart, identical to human heart). The blood is replaced by a plastic substance which fills all of the veins, capillaries, etc, then the heart is put into a solution that dissolves all the tissue, leaving this incredible detail of a heart. My boss was given this to use as a model (he is a cardiologist).
This photo was taken on February 21, 2007 using a Nikon D80.
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kajo55, SefaUcbas Photo, SF babe, -Lori-, and 202 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Travel with Soumen (76 months ago | reply)
Great technology. Perfect pic.
kajo55 (76 months ago | reply)
This is awesome... I had no idea how MANY veins and capillaries we have! This looks like a beet with all its roots still in tact.
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Edward Dullard Photography. Kilkenny, Ireland. (76 months ago | reply)
Voted a hit-----from hit, miss or maybe.
tangua [deleted] (76 months ago | reply)
** This was voted a maybe from Hit, Miss or Maybe **
SF babe (76 months ago | reply)
kajo55 is quite right. it does look like a beet.
amazing model. thanks for sharing
francesco@photo (76 months ago | reply)
**This picture scored 4 /5 points from the flickrScorer group**
ppv918 (76 months ago | reply)
jamesgrayking (76 months ago | reply)
great subject, could perhaps have done with a touch more definition against the background colour
ACPinho (76 months ago | reply)
Interesting, but scary too...
realkuhl (76 months ago | reply)
Yea, I'd reshoot this with stronger and more even lighting with a white background. It starts at the top as greyish and turned red at the bottom which distracts with your main subject.
Amazing detail...
Billie Hara (76 months ago | reply)
I agree with Realkuhl. This was hard to understand, and with the lighting adjusted, it might be clearer.
(scored 3 /5 Points)
Patc01 (76 months ago | reply)
** This was voted a hit from Hit, Miss, Maybe, WHY? **
I really like the form of the shot and even though a different background would have improved it, it's still a unique shot for Flickr
clande (76 months ago | reply)
Score 8/10 (from the Score Me! group)
iosebasque (76 months ago | reply)
Interesting photo and its coment.
Score Me! Score 7/10 (from the Score Me! group)
BALUCHI (76 months ago | reply)
Score 8/10 (from the Score Me! group)
jeremy-walker (76 months ago | reply)
scored 7 thats deep..
FrogMiller (76 months ago | reply)
Beautiful picture indeed. Great color and lighting here. This was voted a BIG HIT fromHit, Miss, Maybe, WHY?
Pound'n Iron Graphics [deleted] (76 months ago | reply)
Now this is way cool stuff to see, you cant see this detail even in dissection.
Thanks for sharing.
ClimbingHerc (76 months ago | reply)
I like the subject and its uniqueness. I don't care for the gradient background. A flat or even one that contrasted more with the foreground colors would appeal to me much more.
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Go Sox 33 (76 months ago | reply)
3/5 - I agree with ClimbingHerc about the background. I is an interesting photo however...
mikeguttman (76 months ago | reply)
Score 8/10 (from the Score Me! group)
PRO17 (76 months ago | reply)
Rated _3/5 (by the Rate My: Photo
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Str0ppy [deleted] (76 months ago | reply)
Rated 5/5 (by the Rate My: Photo
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nekto_nektov (76 months ago | reply)
Creative work!
destabee (76 months ago | reply)
** This was voted a maybe from Hit, Miss, Maybe, WHY? **
Creative photo but it just lacked a little something to me. I suspect it is a matter of style preference and nothing more though.
Norton Photography (75 months ago | reply)
O_O
wow
sandriux1 (69 months ago | reply)
hey como puedo obtener uno copia de esa foto me gusta mucho
please
Gabriela Gattaneo (37 months ago | reply)
do you allow me to paint this?
Petrichor_ (33 months ago | reply)
This is extremely glorious, okay?
kateoplis (21 months ago | reply)
Does the description mean that it is your photo? That you took it?
The reason I ask is because this picture has gone viral and no one has a source to attribute to it and I'm desperately looking for the right person to credit. If it's yours, it's beautiful and I'd like to credit you. Thanks.
Glockoma (21 months ago | reply)
kateoplis (21 months ago | reply)
kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/9589150434/photojoj o-the-human-...
But the post already had 30,000+ notes on Tumblr, and if you do a Google search for "The human heart stripped of fat and muscle," you'll see that it has gone viral and I couldn't find a single post with the right credit.
You can also do a reverse image search on Google for more disheartning posts: images.google.com/
Best-
kateoplis (21 months ago | reply)
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chris helenius (20 months ago | reply)
Incredible.
Please take a stereographic picture if you can!
OzMa*Fra (9 months ago | reply)
amo***
rosecity2012 (9 months ago | reply)
Great photo, but those are arteries, not veins:)
firelightforge (4 months ago | reply)
This is amazing.
jniew6 (3 months ago | reply)
this is really beautiful. I am not very computer savvy but I teach human anatomy and physiology and was wondering if I could have access to use in my powerpoint on the heart.