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A semi-accurate depiction of the helium atom. The darkness of the electron cloud corresponds to the line-of-sight integral over the probability function of the 1s electron orbital. The magnified nucleus is schematic, showing protons in pink and neutrons in purple. In reality, the nucleus is also spherically symmetric.

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(del) (cur) 06:31, 21 September 2006 . . FrankH (Talk | contribs) . . 625×625 (47,274 bytes) (Second try - previous attempt did not seem to actually get uploaded. Same comment as previous edit. – ~~~~)
(del) (rev) 06:10, 21 September 2006 . . FrankH (Talk | contribs) . . 625×625 (47,274 bytes) (I made some edits to the excellent image from Xerxes314 - I shadowed the black lines with white lines so they would not get lost in the black electron cloud and I added text to quickly remind users of the tremendous change in scale for the nucleus inset i)
(del) (rev) 21:31, 11 May 2006 . . Xerxes314 (Talk | contribs) . . 625×625 (45,147 bytes)
(del) (rev) 21:25, 11 May 2006 . . Xerxes314 (Talk | contribs) . . 625×625 (45,181 bytes)
(del) (rev) 17:59, 11 May 2006 . . Bensaccount (Talk | contribs) . . 400×400 (33,507 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 17:59, 11 May 2006 . . Bensaccount (Talk | contribs) . . 400×400 (38,065 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 18:49, 10 February 2006 . . Xerxes314 (Talk | contribs) . . 400×400 (40,110 bytes)
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(del) (rev) 20:09, 7 February 2006 . . Xerxes314 (Talk | contribs) . . 400×400 (33,507 bytes) (A semi-accurate depiction of the helium atom. The darkness of the electron cloud corresponds to the line-of-sight integral over the probability function of the 1s electron orbital. The magnified nucleus is schematic,)