Lobster Eye vs. Manmade Microchannel Plate (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Lobster Eye vs. Manmade Microchannel Plate

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The Goddard-provided soft X-ray Wide-Field Imager proposed for a mission called ISS-TAO borrows heavily from nature. The images on the left and center show close-up views of a crustacean's eyes; the image on the right shows a manmade microchannel plate. Both operate the same way. Both gather light from multiple angles, focusing it into a single image to provide a wide field of view.

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Credits: Courtesy of J. Camp

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