February 26, 2007

Capped Column Snowflake, Magnified by Electron Microscope


















This is absolutely astounding! Amazing!

No, a capped column snowflake has nothing to do with fiction writing, and neither does the agave cactus:



















I like how the cactus is planted in a hole in the floor. If I made a hole in the floor, someone would get mad and make me pay for the damages.

Also note that I changed my colors from a sissy pink to some kind of burnt orange color. I am very fond of a burnt orange color. If you are one of those rare people who do not like the burnt orange color, do not be alarmed; I will probably change the burnt orange color to something else in a couple of weeks. Maybe a nice blue. Blue is always good.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

You can make a liquid called water out of snow. You just have to collect it in a bowl or something. Both snow and water are free. Do something about it. Like go outside right now and make some water.

You can make Tequila from the agave cactus. It must be grown in a certain area of Mexico, though, in order to be certifed. You just can't make a batch at home and try to sell it in large quantities.

The Aztecs used a burnt orange color in artistic endeavors. You can get a burnt orange color from stuff like dirt and sometimes plants.

bretlonder said...

I have that same picture of a snowflake and am also fascinated by it. It does anger me a bit though because my eighth grade geometry teacher told me that pretty much everything in nature can be explained by geometry. Since this obviously meant that she was a witch, the town banded together and burned her at the stake, but now I'm starting to think that she may have had a point.

Jessica said...

I once had a teacher who told me I was terrible at geometry. She was very much right, although, she didn't need much geometry to explain why.