Share

Macro or Micro? Challenging Our Perceptions of Scale

Profs. Stephen Young (Geography) and Paul Kelly (Biology) at Salem State University use satellite and electron microscope imagery to challenge our perceptions of scale. 

  • macro micro poster

Are they bumps on a coral skeleton or sand dunes in the Sahara? This exhibition presents images created by satellites and electron microscopes revealing patterns in nature which occur at different scales. Explore the images and guess which are macro-scale (satellite) and which are micro-scale (electron microscope). The answers just might surprise you! the exhibtion will be on display in the Film & Media Studies Gallery from May 8-June 5, 2025.

Opening Lecture and Reception

Visual Arts Center, Film & Media Studies Gallery (VAC second floor)

May 8, 2025

5:00 PM

 

This event is supported by the Digital Humanities and Social Engagement Cluster, Department of Film & Media Studies (Dartmouth College), Digital Geography Lab (Salem State University), School of Graduate Studies (Salem State University), and the Leslie Center for the Humanities (Dartmouth College).