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How to let everybody know you're a moron succinctly.
You don't see the atom directly. You see the light of a laser the atom is absorbing and then emitting again. And it's an long time exposure.
full article
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/trapped-atom-photograph-long-exposure
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