What is photomicrography? According to ref. [4] its definition is “the art of producing photomicrographs” where the photograph is taken through a microscope. Photomicrography is quite different from normal daylight or flash photography to which most of us are much more accustomed. Light sources are different, so color balance becomes important with photomicrography. The illumination is reduced compared to daylight or flash, so reciprocity failure of film is an issue. Obtaining a good photomicrograph involves setting up microscope illumination to get the best image possible and then taking the photograph with attention to photographic principles. A famous photographer applying photomicrography [5] is Michael W. Davidson, a research scientist born in USA.

And finally how to look deep into space where “deep” is of the order of billion light years. It was the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) that has given astronomers a look at distant parts of the universe without the interference of Earth's atmosphere. Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953) was an American astronomer. He profoundly changed astronomers’ understanding of the nature of the universe by demonstrating the existence of other galaxies besides the Milky Way.

The art of photomicrography

In this section the art of photomicrography is demonstrated in Figs.15-20 by photos of different chemicals. This kind of art consists of photographs taken through an optical microscope by the famous photographer Michael W. Davidson [5].

The art of space via Hubble’s telescope

The Internet contains an extremely large number of amazing photographs taken by the Hubble’s Telescope that may be considered as wonderful artworks “painted” by the creator of the universe. Fig.21 is a surrealistic demonstration of Hubble looking at the space. It is based on the artwork “The False Mirror” by Rene Magritte (1898-1967), Belgium Surrealist, where in his original artwork (left-bottom) the pupil was replaced by Hubble’s image.

Fig.21. Hubble looking at the space

Fig.22 [16] is an interesting photograph. It demonstrates our earth surrounded with space junk created by humans that no longer serve any useful purpose. The junk consist of everything from entire spent rocket stages and defunct satellites to explosion fragments, paint flakes, dust, and slag from solid rocket motors, coolant released by nuclear powered satellites, deliberate insertion of small needles, and other small particles. In the following, photographs are presented of different Nebulas that are clouds of dust and gas in space, usually illuminated by one or more stars. Nebulae represent the raw material the stars are made of. Fig.23 demonstrates Nebula M57-The Ring Nebula. It is probably the most looked at and most photographed object in the sky. Much of its popularity rests on the fact that it can be seen in almost any sized telescope. The nebula is located 2300 light-years from earth. Fig.24 demonstrates the Crab Nebula. It is one of the most intricately structured and dynamic objects ever observed. The new Hubble image of the Crab was assembled from 25 individual exposures taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera and is the highest resolution image of the entire Crab Nebula ever made. It is located at a distance of about 6,500 light-years from Earth and was first observed in the year 1054 AD. Fig.25 shows the Eskimo Nebula (NGC 2392). It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel in 1787. From the ground it resembles a person's head surrounded by a parka hood. In 2000, the Hubble Space Telescope produced an image of it. It is 5000 light-years from earth. Fig.26 demonstrates the Eagle Nebula perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognized space objects. It was discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46 and is about 7,000 light-years distant from earth. Fig.27 demonstrates a supernova that is an explosion of a star that causes the star to shine millions of times brighter than usual.




We conclude this section by the artwork “Bond of Union” of M.C.Escher (1898-1972), a Dutch graphic Illustrator and artist that again demonstrates surrealistically “the look into space”.




In conclusion it is expected that the above demonstrations related to nanotechnology, photomicrography and space photographs taken by Hubble’s telescope indeed create art, the major objective of this article.