Creepy Salts

A four-panel composite of black-and-white microscopic images showing various crystalline growth patterns. Top-left: A circular, face-like arrangement of crystals. Top-right: A dense, jagged cluster of crystals with a soft outer glow. Bottom-left: Fine, needle-like crystals radiating from a central point within a rounded shape. Bottom-right: Branching, tree-like crystal structures splaying outward.
Label
Creepy Salts
Artist
Semhare Tekle
Description
When saturated salt solutions dry on glass slides, many beautiful patterns can emerge, but also some creepy ones. Here, such salts assemble into a scary collection of abstract shapes: face (K2SO4), vulture (NaNO3), headshot (Na3PO4) and scarecrow (KNO3).
Type
Camera
Artist Affiliation
Undergraduate Student
Department
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Area of Research
Crystallization
Research Group Site
Steinbock Group
Date
2024