Amazing Electron Microscope images.

Some amazing images from the world of the electron microscope-
I'll never look at an ant the same again.

For visualizing the scale, most measurements below are in microns - one micron is a millionth of a meter - human hair is approximately 100 microns thick.

www.boston.com...

Truly amazing images presented here. It adds meaning to the old adage "There's more here than meets the eye". I tend to think of the greater universe but I often overlook the universe at the Quantum level.

Again, beautiful, thought provoking images.

Very good pics their some id raher not see like the beetles leg cause that thing looks razor sharp to me

Thanks for sharing that. WOW

Really nice pics those suckers with the teeth are nasty looking.

some of those made my skin crawl.

good find and thanks for sharing.

Those are amazing!!!

Thank you!

Obsidience

Thanks for the replies~they truly are impressive images,the pollen one is great (hayfever sufferers viewer discretion advised)


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Originally posted by Resinveins
Really nice pics

those suckers with the teeth are nasty looking.

Eeek!

2Squid Suckers, winner of Honorable Mention in the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Awards. Loligo pealei squids have eight arms and two tentacles, all of which are coated with suction-cups, lined with fangs composed of chitin.

More amazing microscope imagery:

www.darkroastedblend.com...

"Wretched beasties moving about very nimbly"

This is what Anton van Leeuwenhoek said about the creatures he saw in his 1670s microscope. The "Father of Microbiology" made over 400 different types of microscopes and discovered bacteria and spermatozoa, among other things.... among many, many other things.
All these "beasties" live in enchanting world and can sometimes look very cute (witness waterbears) - and photographers keep discovering new angles and frontiers of their microcosm.

Waterbears ( AKA wretched beasties):
www.darkroastedblend.com...

Microposcopy competition top ten winners:
www.nikonsmallworld.com...

I like the first pic..the MicroObamas.

The pic even shows the tiny conductive hairs that tend to plauge microcircuits that cause unexplained failures in many devices.

Perhaps a message...potential unexplained failure.



Cheers!!!!



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Originally posted by RFBurns
I like the first pic..the MicroObamas.

Micro Obamas - hundreds of them
It seems he's popping up everywhere these days.

Waterbears/Moss Piglets:

Freeze them, boil them, dry them, expose them to open space & radiation - after 200 years they'll still be alive!

The amazing thing about these tiny, 1mm creatures is just how resilient they are to about everything. You can put them in space, in hot sea vents, and freeze them - no matter what you do, they'll survive.

www.darkroastedblend.com...

Electron Microscope Image:
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Art:
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Wow, these are some amazing photos on display!
I love it... really makes you appreciate even the tiniest things on our planet.

Originally posted by bvproductions
I love it... really makes you appreciate even the tiniest things on our planet.

Thanks for the reply-couldn't agree more

Heres a rather freaky one of a fly:

Blackfly:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/118c8c330722.jpg[/atsimg]
www.scharfphoto.com...

Other pics:
mse.iastate.edu...
Cheers.

Gallery -freaky Critters:

Deer tick:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/c61c1ff532f3.jpg[/atsimg]



Mite Feeding on a Mystacocarid:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/0fcd32d25172.jpg[/atsimg]



Hesionid Polychaete:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/514a15396d61.jpg[/atsimg]



Chigger Mite:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/4ff040d072e5.jpg[/atsimg]



Mosquito-Female:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/7525657f4fa8.jpg[/atsimg]



Cat Flea:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/1ec23509b875.jpg[/atsimg]



Mosquito-Female:
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/003ed91ed0a1.jpg[/atsimg]

www.scharfphoto.com...

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/2222880ff0c1.jpg[/atsimg]

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Yes, the pollen picture is my favorite too.

wow, thats amazing how they cut that like that. with such detail.

i had to do this:



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Mr Bob -thats a good one.

This tungsten needle image is bonkers:

What you see is a tip of a needle: the small round objects are individual atoms.

[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/151c3a8ae168.jpg[/atsimg]

The Joys of Microscope Photography

Cheers.