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Grains of sand magnified 250x (i.imgur.com)

submitted ago by loki010

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[–]eightNote 10 points11 points ago

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Not that you can just pick up some sand, look at it in a microscope and this.

If I remember right, it took a lot of time to find those grains.

[–]Hawkstream 5 points6 points ago

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more like this

[–]12characters 9 points10 points ago

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When I joined reddit a few months ago, this was the first image I viewed. Still looks cool, but the OP is karmawhoring. Check his stats.

[–]loki010[S] 0 points1 point ago

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What does this mean?

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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I remember that too--along with the top post refuting the OP's post, and posting another image showing what real sand looks like. God I hope I can find the original thread.

EDIT: Found it. Not the same image, but still the same concept.

[–]perazini 1 point2 points ago

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bs

[–]somefool 0 points1 point ago

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This prompted me to google "magnified sand" and, oh my god, how beautiful and unique can grains of sand be!

[–]geak78 0 points1 point ago

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Don't know if you are the reason but typing "magnified " into google gets the first result as "magnified sand"

[–]loki010[S] -1 points0 points ago

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http://www.happymundane.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sand-grains-21.jpg

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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OP, these are not grains of sand but microfossils.

It'd be good to do a reddit check for "grains of sand" to do a background check on whether what you're posting is a myth or not. thanks!

[–]loki010[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Not a myth whosoever; Professor Gary Greenberg who took the photographs has said 'my pictures show sand from all round the world from Japan to Ireland.' He defines these particles as sand, so I suppose you would be happier with the title of:

"Digitally manipulated, none standard grains of sand, which represent only a tiny fraction of the grains found at only specific beaches around the world magnified x250, WARNING:not to be confused with standard grains of sand."

Takes a bit of the magic away doesn't it?

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