Yukitsuri
The tree covered with snow is supported by the rope (mold hypha of the sample) from both sides. "Yukitsuri" carries out in order to protect a wooden branch from heavy snow peculiar to North West coast of Japan. It is the most traditional scenery of winter in Kanazawa.This SEM image which reminds the winter season is a mold generated from the rainy season in June. This natural image of sample without any process was possible to achieve in VP-Mode.
At 60th photo contest hosted by the Japanese Society of Microscopy (8APEM) in 2004.
Condition
Instrument: Scanning Electron Microscope S-3000N
Accelerating voltage: 10 kV
Vacuum: 130 Pa
Signal: ESED
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