A purple striated focal conic texture forms a brush-like pattern riddled with spots arising from gas pockets within the specimen. The high degree of striation suggests that the DNA concentration is very high, approaching that observed in single crystals. The DNA concentration for this specimen is approximately 450 milligrams per millimeter, and the magnification is approximately 300x. The digital image presented above was originally recorded on Fujichrome 64T transparency film using a Nikon Optiphot-Pol microscope with crossed polarized illumination. Exposures were recorded about 2.5 f-steps under the recommended value given by an in-camera photomultiplier and were push-processed approximately 1.5 f-steps in the first E-6 developer.