While these images genuinely show salt and sugar under a microscope, don't expect to get the same results with your home or school equipment. The images were produced with a high-powered (and ...

salt crystals under a microscope Crystal growth occurs in very orderly, specific patterns. Salt crystals appear square because of their cubic lattice structure, whereas sugar’s monoclinic form ...

Here’s the neat thing: Under the microscope, the salt assumes the dramatic crags and canyons of an earthly landscape seen from an airplane window. Great to know that at 30,000 feet, ...