Near and Far

Near

These pictures were taken by Ellie using a computer microscope called Zoomy

Some bee parts

A close-up of the bee body

A small leaf

Notice the background on this picture is composed of dots.  This is actually the surface of the table which has been magnified enough to show the printing - it has a simulated woodgrain finish!

The edge of a piece of brown paper

A pebble of road grit - the kind that gets stuck to your shoes

Can you figure out his one?

Far

We also built a simple computer telescope using a webcam and some directions on Youtube.  The results were amazing!

Here is the "Tele-Cam"

A regular picture outside our window - can you make out an antenna on the hill?

First pictures using the camera and telescope

A night time shot of a distant radio antenna with lights

The same antenna during the day