Extreme close up of the tip of a ballpoint pen

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An image taken through a light microscope shoeing the very tip of a ballpoint pen. This is clearly a very technical mechanism, but over time, paper fibres lift off the paper and get jammed in the ball, preventing the pen from working.

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Size: 4287px × 2848px
Location: Oxfordshire UK
Photo credit: © Julian Brooks / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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