Diatoms & other microscopic marvels

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some very pretty yellow flowers on a black background
An amazing false colour photo of the stamens of a hibiscus flower, with attached grains of spiky pollen. The image was taken using a scanning electron microscope by a German team who like to mix science and artistic beauty.
some very pretty yellow and white balls on the ground with spider webs attached to them
Butterfly eggs
close up view of the structure of an animal's skin
Zebrafish Skin – IV › Micronaut: The fine art of microscopy by science photographer Martin Oeggerli
Zebrafish Skin ( Danio rerio ) Magnification: 1’750:1 . http://www.micronaut.ch/shop/zebrafish-skin-i/
an overhead view of yellow algae on a black background
Slime Molds Remember — but Do They Learn? | Quanta Magazine
Slime Molds are not a fungi but amoebas. They can remember, and learn. Despite its single-celled simplicity and lack of a nervous system, the slime mold Physarum polycephalum may be capable of an elementary form of learning, according to some suggestive experimental results.
an animal's cell is shown with blue and brown cells on the top of it
Fat tissue, SEM - Stock Image - C013/7132
Fat tissue, SEM. Credit: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
some very pretty looking corals with stripes on it's sides and their fins
'Sea Anemone Detail, Komodo, Indonesia' Photographic Print - Mark Webster | AllPosters.com
Sea Anemone Detail, Komodo, Indonesia Photographic Print by Mark Webster at AllPosters.com
several large green plants with long, thin leaves in the center and on the outside
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MOTH WING SCALES (Argema mittrei) © Kevin MacKenzie, University of Aberdeen Scanning electron micrograph of the scales on the wing of a Madagascan moon moth, (Argema mittrei). This endangered moth is from the order Lepidoptera and is also known as the Comet moth, because of its characteristic long tail. The tail span is 15 cm and wing span 20 cm, making it one of the world’s largest silk moths. Scales are found on the wings of butterflies and moths in the Lepidoptera order,
a close up view of a green fruit with an intricate design on it's surface
Colored Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of moss (Funaria sp) spore capsule.
Moss spore capsule: Colored Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of moss (Funaria sp) spore capsule. : pics
an image of the structure of a cell phone with green and blue flowers on it
Wellcome image awards 2014: life in extreme close-up - in pictures
Beautiful, strange and occasionally alarming pictures from the shortlist for this year’s Wellcome image awards
an image of the structure of a cell phone with green and blue flowers on it
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Details if the insides of a flower. See 18 Mind-Blowing Images From The World Of Science
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an image of the inside of a cell phone with blue and green cells in it
Spirogyra, een vrij zwevende filamenteuze vorm van groene algen aan het einde van het conjugatie proces. Helderveld microscopie.
the inside of a flower is shown in pink
Electron microscopy of diatoms (algae/phytoplankton).
some green and yellow circles are in the dark
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Fernan Federici, Laser microscopy of plant embryos
some very pretty looking corals in the ocean water with blue and red colors on them
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