Yeah but what are we actually seeing? An atom is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and 99.9% empty space. But you can't really look at an image of an at

Yeah but what are we actually seeing? An atom is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and 99.9% empty space. But you can't really look at an image of an atom and say "there's a proton there" so what is the image of exactly? Rinse and repeat with quarks.