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Re:Photo of a suspended, glowing single atom wins photograph... by RantyDave on Monday January 27, 2020 @05:40AM (#22158185)
Despite the haters, this is pretty much on the money. This is the light scattered from a single atom that came through the lens and hit exactly just one pixel on the sensor. That dot is (guessing) millions of times larger than an actual single atom.
Re:Photo of a suspended, glowing single atom wins photograph... by caf on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:20AM (#22158943)
This is no different in principle than a photo of a starry night sky, where the size of the pixel is far greater than the actual angular size of the object from our vantage point.
Re:Photo of a suspended, glowing single atom wins photograph... by effie on Monday January 27, 2020 @07:46AM (#22158778)
Take a zoom at the original picture. It's 4 pixels.