By: GeneCooper
Image: GIGAmacro ⧉
Subject: Exploratorium ⧉

Uploaded: 7 Mar 2014
Last Updated: 7 Mar 2014

232 megapixels
21,937 x 10,585 pixels
73.1 in X 35.3 in at 300dpi

This panel is known as a Winogradsky column named after the scientist Sergei Windogradsky. The panel is a mechanism for culturing bacteria and being able to watch the progression and types of bacteria grow over time. This particular image shows a few different sections of these panels from the Exploratorium, where you can see an enormous version of these panels. Read more at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winogradsky_column