Swinburne University of Technology's center for micro-photonics
have constructed a model of the Sydney Opera House, seen in this
undated photo, that is about half the diameter of a human hair.
With dimensions of 64 x 38 x 41 micrometers, or more than a
million times smaller than the real Sydney structure, the model
was built from a hybrid material of glass and polymer by firing
intense laser light into the matter in a liquid state to create what
to the human eye appears as an almost imperceptible dot,
but under an electron microscope it contains the detail and the
beauty of the iconic Sydney harbour side structure.
(AP Photo/Swinburne University, ho)