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Old 20-05-2011, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller View Post
Mick,

If you photograph something like this it is normal to include a scale. If you can't get a 'proper' scale bar use a ruler, coin or something everyone knows the size of. In the field geologists, sedimentologists etc often use their G-pick, shovel or camera lens cap. (I've also heard of less appropriate scale bars but lets not go there.)

At the moment I don't know whether the rock is 0.1mm across or 1mm, 10mm, 10cm or half a football field.
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