# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BlqyqR1Amvk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460716-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/2160e51a6c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-07-25T20:48:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

Rosalind Franklin, born #OTD in 1920, used X-ray crystallography to make this image—the second image in this gallery—of a DNA molecule, known as Photo 51. The dark patches showed DNA bases, while the cross shape revealed for the first time DNA's famous helical structure. #WCW
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#womancrushwednesday #hbd #onthisday #happybirthday #rosalindfranklin #dna #helix #photo51 #science #biology #genetics #history #sciencehistory #women #womancrush #womeninscience

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## Tags

photo51, otd, history, womancrushwednesday, wcw, womeninscience, helix, science, rosalindfranklin, happybirthday, genetics, women, hbd, sciencehistory, womancrush, onthisday, dna, biology

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