(Image credit: Howard Lynk, Victorian Microscope Slides) Special filters used in the microscope transform the pale porpoise bone into the vibrant colors seen above. Polarizing filters eliminate ...

The quickest and easiest way to observe something under the microscope is to do a dry mount. In its most basic form, this ...

When they finally appear, Juzak places the slide in a Jenalab polarizing microscope fitted with a Sony Alpha 7 camera, and illuminates it from the side with a speedlight.

The microscope Davidson used to capture his images of the drink crystals had two polarizing filters, one right before the light source hit the sample and another, rotated 90-degrees, right after ...