Teardrops might not seem too interesting , but within these footling beads of saltiness and sadness there ’s some pretty interesting stuff get going on .
Maurice Mikkers , a Dutch photographer with a background in medical science , has make a photographic series giving an up - tight flavor at a selection of teardrops called “ The Imaginarium of Tears . ”
The project part with some expert old scientific curiosity . On aMedium blogpost , Mikkers explained “ sciencesays that every tear has a different viscosity and typography . All split bear a variety of biological substances admit oils , antibodies and enzyme freeze in salt water supply . But how does this bear on to the ' material world . ' ”
" This teardrop is glean after cutting bloodless Allium cepa . " Maurice Mikkers .
There are three differenttypes of tears : emotional tears , associated with feelings of sadness or delight ; reflex tears , which ensue from irritation of the heart ; and basal tears , the ever - present moisturiser that helps keep the eye wet and healthy .
Mikkers wanted to see for himself whether each of these had observable differences when placed under a microscope . He spent an evening experiment with some supporter , whereby he caused them to spill crying – either by cut onions , eat a hot chilly , through sorrow or tears of joy . After collecting the drops with a micropipette , he placed them onto a microscope slide and left them to crystallise for a few bit .
Although there were no intelligibly evident patterns between the different types of tears , Mikkers managed to capture the intricate and varying social system of the tears ' common salt quartz glass . As he resolve , “ So I think its safe to say that the differences in crying that are visualise are not showing differences between the origins of crying … Nevertheless they are beautiful to look at . ”
