Mean Pinch...

Needle nose pliers used to pinch a heat- softened CD "blank" (clear plastic) , viewed in cross-polarized light, showing the patterns of stress in the plastic. Notice that the rings of color center around the very tip of the pinch-mark, which is where the pressure was greatest...

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