If you could see atoms....

[josh03222]

This is a real photo, taken with an electron microscope.

Each black dot is a carbon atom.

[Legofreak]

technically, electron microscopes don't take photographs and im pretty sure that the red dots are the carbon atoms.

[Iceglade]

rekt 

[josh03222]

technically, electron microscopes don't take photographs and im pretty sure that the red dots are the carbon atoms.

sorry, it was the red dots.

[greatgamer34]

So a scanning electron microscope can "vizualize" things without color because the things being seen are smaller than visible wavelegths of light, the color IIRC is digitally added. If you think this is cool then I have to reccomend this video by smarter every day 






[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE2v3sUzTH4]

[slugdude]

Kinda bumpy but had to point Josh to this:

https://xkcd.com/1490/