'There was a penetration of the light into solid substance so that I seemed to see into things, deep in...'. John Steinbeck was not thinking of rocks when he wrote this sentence in 'Travels with Charley - In search of America'. However, his feeling exactly reflects what people should think when looking at rock photomicrographs such as in the micROCKscopica galleries. I am a Geologist at the University of Padova, Italy. I work with rocks and make extensive use of micro- and macrophotography to describe the subjects of my studies and their morphological...more
