Liquid Crystal Land



A multiple (5) exposure of liquid crystalline DNA (the foreground), liquid crystalline xanthan gum (the mountains), liquid crystalline polybenzyl-L-glutamate spherulites (the stars), the microscope field diaphragm defocused with a yellow filter (the moon), and the same diaphragm moved to the lower section of the micrograph through a diffraction grating (the reflected moon).

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