Damn Nature You Gowjus: Sand Zoomed 250x
These are grains of sand magnified 250x. I have no clue if representative of typical grains of sand like you'd find stuck to a dog turd at the beach, or if they had to pick through a bunch on a magic beach to find some really good ones. In reality, most sand probably looks pretty unspectacular under a microscope (and even more so though a telescope). Also unspectacular under a microscope?: your MY penis. See what I did there? I took one for the team. It's called sportsmanship or something. I dunno, I never played sports in school. I did play 'Magic: The Gathering' during lunch though.
Hit the jump for a couple more shots of the hidden beauty.
Tiny Grains of sand magnified to 250 times real size [lostateminor]
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Grains of sand magnified to 250 times real size [notcot]
Thanks to C. Novak, who agrees almost everything looks prettier under a microscope. I dunno, you ever seen pubic lice under there before? I had to shave my eyebrows off.
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