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  • 2020-07-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This a Pic of Marijuana Under a Scanning Electron Microscope? (en)
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  • In July 2020, an image supposedly showing what a cannabis bud looks like under a scanning electron microscope (SEM) started to circulate on social media. The object in the above-displayed image is truly a cannabis bud or flower, and this image was truly created with the use of a SEM. However, the colors present in this image are artistic additions. This image was created circa 2016 by Ted Kinsman, an associate professor in the Photographic Sciences Department at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, with the use of a SEM. This microscope, however, only produces images in grayscale: Once Kinsman had his SEM image, he was able to enhance it with vibrant colors in order to make it more appealing. Tech Insider did a video about Kinsman's work in 2018. The science outlet explained that each image starts out as black and has to be colorized by hand. ... Ted paints the THC-containing Cannabis sacs a bright color in order to stand out. Kinsman added: I pick visually exciting colors because I'm trying to make science visually exciting and appealing to the general population. Here's a video about Kinsman's work: Several similar images can be found in Kinsman's book Cannabis: Marijuana under the Microscope. (en)
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