This gallery shows an example of polarized light microphotography of birefringent crystals. That's a lot of big words. What it means is that a microscope slide with crystals (tartaric acid in this example) was photographed through a microscope. It was viewed through two polarizers rotated at ninety degree to each other. The original crystals can be seen in the first image. The second image was made by isolating the center part of the original image and then further enhancing the vibrance, saturation and contrast. This becomes the basis for the subsequent images. Each was created by rotating and flipping over a portion of the previous image. Each successive image becomes more complex as the images morph into the final circular mandala.