1. There are 180,000 of these per square cm in this photograph
Transistors

2. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
What type of microscopy was used for this 1,000,000,000X magnification on a Si surface?
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

3. What are these dendritic structures?
Tin Crystals

4. Much of the Internet travels over material such as this. What is it?
Optic Fiber

5. What are these highly magnified bands from?
Magnetic Tape

6. What do the colors show at the ends of this crack in a plastic sheet?
Stress marks. Illustrated with polarized light.

7. What important substance is made in these structures?
ATP

8. What mountain range is this peak in?
The Cascades

9. What kind of tissue is this from?
Plant meristematic tissue

10. Explain the reason for the coloration of the clouds
Red light refracts the most and is visible the longest after sunset.

11. How long was the lens kept open for this photograph?
Approximately 40 minutes

12. Which direction is the Sun?
Out of view below the picture

13. What caused the line that goes from top to bottom?
satellite

14. What causes this activity?
Superheating of water

15. What is responsible for the yellow color?
Thermophilic bacteria

16. Photo Credits
Images 1-7 : IBM
Others: Norm Herr