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Liz Girvan’s “world-famous micrograph”

SEM microscope image of tin spheres of various sizes.

This SEM image of tin spheres of various sizes (used to calibrate the microscope) was taken by Liz Girvan. It won an image competition in Otago and has attracted worldwide interest.

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