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Zooming by the yellow window

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This is the view trough a yellow UV protective window into a clean room at the Molecular Foundry, a cutting edge research laboratory for Nanosciences, at the LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) in the hills behind Berkely, California. The Molecular Foundry is a DOE (Department of Energy) funded Nanoscale Science Research Center. The ETH Alumni Bay Area Chapter organized a highly interesting visit to the lab. Among others, we learned about Silicon Photonics that allows 50Gbps fiber optic links, the nano-scale mirrors in the TI projectors, scuba diving at nano-scale, and single digit nano research that has the goal to create features in the sub 10 nm scale. For comparison, 10 atoms in a row occupy about 1 nm.

 

I did not have my NEX-6 with me tonight - this is a simple iPhone photo. I post-processed it into smooth HDR mainly to enhance the micro contrast. I like the hues of yellow/green/orange. The yellow window keeps UV light out.

 

HDR, 1 exposure, iPhone 5. IMG_4064a_hdr1smo2.jpg

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Uploaded on October 5, 2013