Photographer here. The amount of attention this has received has caught me a bit off guard – this is really just a somewhat pretty picture of what is a standard

Photographer here. The amount of attention this has received has caught me a bit off guard – this is really just a somewhat pretty picture of what is a standard technique in physics by now. I'm putting together a short post with answers to some of the most commonly asked questions, but in the meantime, check out this great comment by a well-informed Redditor: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/7x4o27/picture_of_a_single_atom_wins_science_photo/du5pn7t/ https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/7x4o27/p...