# Nucleation

- By: KarlGaff
- Date: 2024-07-27
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nucleation.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nucleation.jpg/1920px-Nucleation.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Self-assembly around a nucleation point in a thin crystalline chemical film.When viewed through crossed polarizers, a beautiful pattern is revealed, resembling a dense botanical-like pattern.