Microscopic Beauty from a Nuclear Test Site

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James, our master of microscopes, seems like a tough person to get a gift for. What do you get the person who has the entirety of the microcosmos available to him with just a glimpse through a lens?

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Stock video from:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Leaving-bikini.jpg
https://archive.org/details/hqunderwateratomicbombtest1946
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https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/83000/83237/bikiniatoll_oli_2013231_lrg.jpg
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