Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 8:54 am
by Don Schaeffer
Trying to view a piece of apple skin under the microscope illustrates how optically active the sugary flesh of an apple is. I could see the cells of the apple but they are hard to get sharp and appear to be optically distorted. Like many fruits, the apple tissue has lens or prism-like qualities.

https://youtu.be/B4WzScsbAHg