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In the photo contest this week I posted a picture of some Mt. St. Helens volcanic ash taken with the macro feature of my camera. This got me thinking. Several years ago I rescued an microscope that was headed for the trash heap. It is this Bristol model 8821.
I put it in the attic and forgot about it.
Now I began to wonder what the ash would look like under the microscope, so I got it down. The light still worked, so I put some ash on a slide and took a look.
I also noticed, after digging around in the box it came in, that there was an adapter for attaching an camera. Unfortunately, our digital camera isn't designed with a removable lens, but I thought I try something else, hold my cell phone camera up to the eye piece.
These are two of the photos I was able to capture:
Not too bad considering the method used.
I put it in the attic and forgot about it.
Now I began to wonder what the ash would look like under the microscope, so I got it down. The light still worked, so I put some ash on a slide and took a look.
I also noticed, after digging around in the box it came in, that there was an adapter for attaching an camera. Unfortunately, our digital camera isn't designed with a removable lens, but I thought I try something else, hold my cell phone camera up to the eye piece.
These are two of the photos I was able to capture:
Not too bad considering the method used.