This image shows the light pattern of a 30 nm (virus-sized) particle when irradiated with a laser. This is one of the simulation results of the HoloZcan project. In the image, the light waves come from above and go downwards. The particle is in the centre and "bends" intensity ripples of light around them - like a rock breaking the waves of the sea. Even a small, virus-sized particle seems to cause enough wave disturbances in the laser light to be detected by cameras.