Comments on: Small World 2010 photomicrography winners http://boingboing.net/2010/10/20/small-world-2010-pho.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sapa http://boingboing.net/2010/10/20/small-world-2010-pho.html#comment-916501 Sapa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916501 Awesomeness I love these kind of peeks into a dimension we aren't aware of Awesomeness I love these kind of peeks into a dimension we aren’t aware of

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/20/small-world-2010-pho.html#comment-916762 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916762 I guess "it was only a gnat". I guess “it was only a gnat”.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2010/10/20/small-world-2010-pho.html#comment-915863 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-915863 100x? Difficult to extract and eat that to gain the mosquito's strength. 100x? Difficult to extract and eat that to gain the mosquito’s strength.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/10/20/small-world-2010-pho.html#comment-915871 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-915871 Now every time I look at the Golden Gate Bridge I'll imagine all the cars are mosquito blood cells. Now every time I look at the Golden Gate Bridge I’ll imagine all the cars are mosquito blood cells.

]]> By: Bavi_H http://boingboing.net/2010/10/20/small-world-2010-pho.html#comment-916133 Bavi_H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916133 100x doesn't mean much to me unless the image is meant to be viewed at a specific pixel size on a specific monitor size. The information below suggests the width of the image is about 2.5 segments of a mosquito abdomen, or about 2.5 mm. This Vanderbilt University <a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/myvu/news/2010/10/18/image-of-mosquito-heart-wins-competition.125415">press release</a> explains more about the image: <blockquote>The mosquito's body lies horizontally with its head to the left. The heart is the narrow tube that runs horizontally across the middle of the picture. [...] The mosquito's body consists of a series of segments and the [vertical muscles at the top and bottom of the image] are intersegmental muscles that hold the segments together.</blockquote> Wikipedia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito">mosquito</a> article says adult length "varies but is rarely greater than 16 mm". If the mosquito diagram in that article is 16 mm from tip of probiscus to end of abdomen, then each segment is about 1 mm. 100x doesn’t mean much to me unless the image is meant to be viewed at a specific pixel size on a specific monitor size. The information below suggests the width of the image is about 2.5 segments of a mosquito abdomen, or about 2.5 mm.

This Vanderbilt University press release explains more about the image:

The mosquito’s body lies horizontally with its head to the left. The heart is the narrow tube that runs horizontally across the middle of the picture. [...] The mosquito’s body consists of a series of segments and the [vertical muscles at the top and bottom of the image] are intersegmental muscles that hold the segments together.

Wikipedia’s mosquito article says adult length “varies but is rarely greater than 16 mm”. If the mosquito diagram in that article is 16 mm from tip of probiscus to end of abdomen, then each segment is about 1 mm.

]]> By: Bavi_H http://boingboing.net/2010/10/20/small-world-2010-pho.html#comment-916157 Bavi_H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-916157 D'oh. I meant the <b>horizontal</b> muscles at the top and bottom of the image. The press release says [emphasis mine] "the broad strips of muscle that run parallel to the heart are <b>inter</b>segmental muscles that hold the segments together" and the "<b>vertical</b> muscles at the top and bottom of the image wrap around the mosquito's body and are called <b>intra</b>segmental muscles". I was confused and thought they were the same thing. D’oh. I meant the horizontal muscles at the top and bottom of the image. The press release says [emphasis mine] “the broad strips of muscle that run parallel to the heart are intersegmental muscles that hold the segments together” and the “vertical muscles at the top and bottom of the image wrap around the mosquito’s body and are called intrasegmental muscles”. I was confused and thought they were the same thing.

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