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Nobody has ever seen an atom directly, but the first people to image an atom using scanning tunneling microscopy were at IBM Almaden. While this method doesn't allow you "see" an atom, it does allow you to make a picture which shows the shape and size of atoms.
See the Related Question link and look for the link to some of the pictures of atoms.

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