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July 10, 2012
First photo of the shadow of a single atom:
"We have reached the extreme limit of microscopy;
you can not see anything smaller than an atom using visible light," Professor Dave Kielpinski of Griffith University's Centre for Quantum Dynamics in Brisbane, Australia. "We wanted to investigate how few atoms are required to cast a shadow and we proved it takes just one." --bookofjoe
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There is one thing that shadow tells me; atoms are not spherical, atoms are bumpy. As the electrons orbit they produce bumps in the surface of the atom.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg at July 10, 2012 11:16 AM
The Shadow of Your Smile sung by Tony Bennett in 1966 on the Andy Williams show:
Posted by: Fat Man at July 10, 2012 11:36 AM