SEM images of cross section of Bhut Jalokia (Ghost Chili) fruit and leaf
These are images from a study I'm doing at school on the Bhut Jalokia plant aka the ghost chili, the hottest pepper in the world. The sample was freeze fractured and then freeze dried in a cryo vacuum. Fractured cross sections of the leaf, the fruit (pepper), and a flower were then mounted to a stub using a carbon paint and sputter coated with gold and platinum. Images were obtained using a Hitachi S-4100 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope. Notice the capsaicin crystals. They just look like they hurt to eat!
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Thanks for looking!
Re: SEM images of cross section of Bhut Jalokia (Ghost Chili) fruit and leaf
This is so cool! Just amazing really!
Re: SEM images of cross section of Bhut Jalokia (Ghost Chili) fruit and leaf
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Reakt20
Thanks guys! I have a ton more of all sorts of weird stuff. I'll post more when school isn't so hectic!
I hear ya on that one... finals suck.
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bioteacher
Some really great photography and quite the interesting subject! I grow ghost chilis at home and love the heat! I also teach and these would be the kind of shots that would go really well with lessons. Nice work.
If you would like any of the images or others similar, I have a ton of them you can use. I can email you the .tif files. let me know.