Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Amazing World of Microphotography


Modern electron and complex optical microscopes let us see things with a magnification which seemed unbelievable just a few decades ago.

Caterpillar (30x)

Microcrack in a piece of steel


Spider


Nanomirrors of the DLP projector (Digital Light Processor or DLP is a screen technology which uses tiniest mirrors as pixels)



Hatching of ladybirds


A mite on a mosquito larva


Giant tube worm


Dehydrated breast cancer cell


Water mite


Copper pad affected by corrosion


Mosquito larva with a mite


Ferric oxide


Sea mouse


Fly


Sugar crystal