Post by @fasnix
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Can you please explain, what is being shown in the photo?
Is it extreme macro view of ... what?
It is a confocal image of Amaranth.
A confocal image is a high-resolution, high-contrast microscopic image created using a confocal laser scanning microscope (CLSM).
Unlike conventional light microscopes, which illuminate an entire sample at once and capture blurry out-of-focus light from above and below the focal plane, a confocal microscope uses a specialized optical mechanism (a spatial pinhole) to block out-of-focus light entirely.