The tip of a ballpoint pen

    by hairy_quadruped

    31 Comments

    1. hairy_quadruped on

      I take photos of very ordinary things and magnify them until they become very interesting. This is the tip of a cheap ballpoint pen. The ink was black, but at high magnification, the thin film looks dark purple and blue.

    2. Did you know that China did not have the technology to make the nib that holds the ball required for ballpoint pens until 2017?

    3. KonigsbergBridges on

      Did you know that most ball point pens are made in China. However, up until very recently the Chinese manufactures didn’t know how to make the tiny ball and had to import them from abroad.

    4. TerraByteTerror on

      Intially thought that was light shining through a hole…need to get my eyes checked 😂

    5. This is not interesting. I can see it with the naked eye. The name also hints that there might be a ball at the point of the pen.

    6. Cryogenics1st on

      As a stoned af r/Stargate fan, I got some hopes up for new content and was sorely disappointed.

    7. I thought it was a light shining into an old wooden birdhouse hole as seen from the inside.

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