Guess what?

[oldr_n_wsr]

Here's a thread anyone can post a picture/ description or whatever and the participants get to guess what it is or being described.

Here are a few pictures I found and what made me think of making this thread.

ETA
GUESS 1

Picture 1


Picture 2


Picture 3


Picture 4 (I don't think anyone will get this one)


Picture 5 (this one should be easy)


So post your guesses. (no cheating by grabbing the link)

[Crackpot]

I have vauge guesses for the first 2 a mediocre one for the 4th and I know the 5th no clue on the 3rd

[oldr_n_wsr]

Post your guesses. This weekend or more likely monday I'll post the answers.
Call this round Guess 1 in case anyone else puts up more stuff. They can call it Guess 2 and so on. No need to wait for answers to this one if anyone has stuff they would like people to guess about.

I am editing my first post to call it "Guess 1"

[Crackpot]

first two are various sea creatures the first likly being some sort of jelly fish the second being of the microscpoic variety.

the 4th is microchips of some variety

the 5th is a flys segmented eye and surrounding bits

[oldr_n_wsr]

The first and fourth guesses are wrong.
The other two (2 and 5) are close.

[loCAtek]

I think four is salt.

[oldr_n_wsr]

Here are the answers
Picture 1
Above is a picture of two human cancer cells sitting next to each other right before they're about to divide into
four cells. They're derived from the now famous "HeLa" line of cancer cells, which were taken from Henrietta Lacks
in 1951 and used for medical research without her permission. "Understanding how cells divide is critical to
understanding how cancerous cells multiply and take over," according to Dr. Andrews.


Picture 2

Mollusc baby
Dr. Rouse is a marine biologist who started taking photos through a microscope to raise awareness of
"the spectacular beauty that lies hidden in the sands of the sea." The baby bivalve, which is part of
the Limidae family, was swimming like a scallop by clapping its shells together when the photo was taken.

Picture 3
Soap film
You can see colors of soap bubbles with the naked eye, but the colors are so much more intense and beautiful
under the microscope. The photo above was taken right before the soap film collapsed. Guenther is an organic
farmer in Dusseldorf, Germany, who takes microphotos as part of his work -- to get a closer look at plants --
and for the fun of it.


Picture 4
Soy sauce
Wang is a screenwriter who was inspired to take microphotos as a hobby when she looked at snowflakes under
a microscope. Here she shows the details of traditional Chinese soy sauce. Wang chose this particular image
because it's the only soy sauce crystal that resembles a human face.

Picture 5
Wasp eye
Krebs is a professional photographer who specializes in small insects. Here he shows a Ichneumon wasp compound
eye magnified 40 times.