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by dgerges 3046 days ago
Very cool, I couldn't find in the text what is the scale of the picture ?
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avian 3046 days ago
> Nadlinger’s grand prize photo shows an atom as a speck of light between two metal electrodes placed about 2mm (0.078in) apart.

From https://petapixel.com/2018/02/12/picture-single-atom-wins-sc...

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failrate 3046 days ago
The gap from one electrode to the atom is 2 mm. So, the total gap is 4 mm.
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