Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Ginger under Polarizing Microscope

Ground ginger (the same type of ginger powder you would use for baking) was placed under the RB40 polarizing microscope for viewing. Using polarizing filters and the 1st order red plate, the images below were captured with the HDCAM4 HD microscopy camera.

Microscopy image of ginger captured under a polarizing microscope at 100x.
Ginger under a polarizing microscope at 100x magnification.

Microscopy image of ginger captured at 100x under a polarizing microscope.
Ginger under a polarizing microscope at 100x magnification.

Microscopy image of ginger under the polarizing microscope.
Ginger under a polarizing microscope at 100x magnification.