Here is a cross-section of a blade of grass, prepared for viewing with a microscope. It was done by Di Davis who asks that you respect her copyright of the image.
Doesn't it look like the grass is full of smiley faces?
Can you imagine a cross-section of a human cell showing something similar?
I can, and it is an amazing, amusing and wonderful thought.
Maybe, someday we'll have this kind of evidence proving that we can create happy human cells.
The source didn't say, but I'm assuming that the specimen is, like, lawn grass, and not the kind you smoke. That leads to a whole other discussion.
I'm just saying...
Can you imagine a cross-section of a human cell showing something similar?
I can, and it is an amazing, amusing and wonderful thought.
Maybe, someday we'll have this kind of evidence proving that we can create happy human cells.
The source didn't say, but I'm assuming that the specimen is, like, lawn grass, and not the kind you smoke. That leads to a whole other discussion.
I'm just saying...
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I created this image, not Di Davis as stated here. The original image, with accompanying explanatory text and information on how it was created, is at http://beyondthehumaneye.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/dune-builder.html
ReplyDeleteDr. Phil Gates
Senior Lecturer in Botany,
Durham University
DH13LE
UK