# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTQtwYTjVER
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38598899-opticaworldwide-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c244afa55a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-08T19:18:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

Image of the Week: Sweet and Sour

Recrystallized from a solution in vodka, vitamin C and stevia accreted into a stunning mandala, with many light-refracting and -diffracting layers helping to bring out visual details. Image captured with a camera sensor attached to a trinocular microscope, along with a polarizing filter and a retarder (clear plastic food wrap).

[2025 #opnphotocontest Honorable Mention] 

Ivan A. Amato, South Orange, NJ, USA

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