(CNN) — Magnify "Heath toffee crunch" ice cream 200 to 1,000 times, and you can see the rippling deep blue bursts of flavor that make it taste so good. <br />
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But whatever you magnify — beer, gems, even gunpowder — most objects just end up looking like the psychedelic swirls in a funky tie-dyed T-shirt. <br />
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"You get the pretty images due to the light hitting the defects in the materials," said Michael Davidson, a scientist — and fervent microscope buff — at the National High Magnetic Field Labs at Florida State University. <br />
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The average person may not own a powerful microscope or telescope, but Davidson’s site, MolecularExpressions.com, is dedicated to introducing visitors to a hidden world seldom seen. With the click of a button, the site displays details usually too small or too far away to be viewed by the naked eye. <br />
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