Saturday, August 29, 2009

I see you, little pentacene molecule!

Feast your eyes on the first ever close-up view of a single molecule. Yep, shot it with the old Nikon this afternoon in between loads of laundry and walking the dog. Kidding. Scientists from IBM used an atomic force microscope to grab the shot. This lil' molecule is composed of 22 carbon atoms and 14 hydrogen atoms. "To give perspective, the space between the carbon rings is only 0.14 nanometers across, which is roughly one million times smaller than the diameter of a grain of sand." That's small, Internet. Let us never forget that science is cool.

I feel compelled to juxtapose that image with this of one Lizzie Miller, super-large model extraordinaire who's recent picture in Glamour (no, I don't subscribe, I got the link from another blog) is creating quite the buzz. Why? Because L.M. is a size 12. And she's nekkid. Go for it, girl. She looks great, don't ya think?

3 comments:

Megan said...

1. Science is cool. Thx for the reminder.

2. I fail to see how Lizzie Miller qualifies as "plus size." And yes, she does look superb.

Anne said...

It's sad when a size 12 is considered "plus size." She looks damn good. I'm full of admiration that she isn't ashamed to be seen nekked, knowing others in the industry probably had coronaries over her display of what they would call flaws.

I feel better looking in the mirror now..........

Elizabeth Prata said...

yeah, she looks great! Mae West and Marilyn Monroe were size 12 and over