The Munich Specimen of <i>Archaeopteryx</i> at Beamline ID19 at the ESRF (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

The Munich Specimen of <i>Archaeopteryx</i> at Beamline ID19 at the ESRF

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The Munich specimen of Archaeopteryx at beamline ID19 at the ESRF. The limestone plate was mounted on a rotating sample stage and the beam is here centered on the skull using lasers. The X-ray beam, coming from the right of the picture, travels through the sample and arrives at the detector (visible left) where a camera records the signal.

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Credits: ESRF/Pascal Goetgheluck

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